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It is not for us to forecast the future, but to shape it.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Age: 44 †
Born: 1900
Born: June 29
Died: 1944
Died: July 31
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I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.
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No one is ever satisfied where he is.
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Horror causes men to clench their fists, and in horror men join together.
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