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Always the rationalization is the same-Once this situation is remedied, then I will be happy. But it never works that way in reality: The goal is achieved, but the person who reaches it is not the same person who dreamed it. The goal was static, but the person's identity was dynamic.

Phillip Moffitt

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Phillip Moffitt
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: January 1
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