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To travel is the experience of ceasing to be the person you are trying to be, and becoming the person you really are.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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The biggest mistake of the man is that he thinks he doesn't deserve the good and the bad things from his life.
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I don't get anywhere meditating, she said. I see people sitting there with their eyes closed, a smile on their lips or else grave-faced and arrogant, concentrating on absolutely nothing, convinced that they're in touch with God or with the Goddess. So instead, let's listen to some music together.
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The wise are wise only because they love. The fool are fools only because they think they can understand love.
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Never talking to strangers. Saying nasty things about the neighbors.
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