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Most things don't stay the way they are very long.

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Richard Ford
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 16
Novelist
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Most things don't stay the way they are for very long. I take nothing for granted and try to be ready for the change that's soon to come.
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Very early you come to the realization that nothing will ever take you away from yourself.
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Someone ... tell us what's important, because we no longer know.
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