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Changes happen when we go against everything we're used to doing.

Paulo Coelho

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Paulo Coelho
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 24
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close some doors today. not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere
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I believe everything is one thing only. That said, there are some questions in my life that I don't know.. I've stopped asking. At the very beginning of my life, I wanted to have answers for everything. And now I respect the fact that I can't have answers for everything.
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