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Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.
Lloyd Alexander
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Lloyd Alexander
Age: 83 †
Born: 1924
Born: January 30
Died: 2007
Died: May 17
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lloyd Chudley Alexander
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Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris.
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For man to be worthy of any rank, he must strive first to be a man.
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A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.
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-I'm trying to make myself invisible. -That's an odd thing to attempt.
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I only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge? If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste your time? His life will see to his death.
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That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.
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