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If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

Michael J. Fox

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Michael J. Fox
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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Edmonton
Alberta
Michael Andrew Fox
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I think there's a God and I know it's not me.
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When I was 20, I would have taken a bullet in the head to never have to be 35.
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I have no argument with those who see in organized religion a template or an imperative to live life according to a prescribed set of beliefs. Just give others the room, within the laws of civil society, to believe or not believe whatever they like.
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I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for perfection is God's business.
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