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People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does...And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture.

Mitch Albom

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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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Once heaven is done with grandma, we'd like her back, thanks.
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I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it.
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I don't mean you disregard every rule of your community. I don't go around naked, for example. I don't run through red lights. The little things, I can obey. But the big things- how we think, what we value- those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone-or any society- determine those for you. ' -Morrie Schwartz
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