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Throughout the ages there have always been those who have been willing to go beyond the norms and reach for that unknown and distant star.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
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In every situation do the thing you fear. If you do the thing you fear, the death of fear is certain.
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Life wastes itself whilst we are preparing to live.
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