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As so often in life, things are not always what it seems.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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They spent days, nights, weeks, and years talking, never accepting the fact that, good or bad, an idea only exists when someone tries to put it into practice.
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