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Things don't change. You change your way of looking, that's all

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Carlos Castaneda
Age: 72 †
Born: 1925
Born: December 25
Died: 1998
Died: April 27
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Carlos Castaneda
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Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you so desire?
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