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Life is so great in its opportunities and possibilities, that you should rise confidently above the inevitable trifles incident to daily contact with the world. Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient. . . . Ignore the inconsequential.

Grenville Kleiser

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Grenville Kleiser
Age: 67 †
Born: 1868
Born: January 1
Died: 1935
Died: January 1
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