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I have discovered that in every language and every country I have visited, there are no new stories. They're all recycled. The same stressful thoughts arise in each mind one way or another, sooner or later.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
Writer
Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Mind
Stress
Way
Later
Thoughts
Recycled
Language
Visited
Another
Stressful
Stories
Sooner
Country
Discovered
Every
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