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The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.

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Joseph Conrad
Age: 66 †
Born: 1857
Born: December 3
Died: 1924
Died: August 3
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Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don't be afraid to follow it.
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