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Time to leave now, get out of this room, go somewhere, anywhere sharpen this feeling of happiness and freedom, stretch your limbs, fill your eyes, be awake, wider awake, vividly awake in every sense and every pore.

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Stefan Zweig
Age: 60 †
Born: 1881
Born: November 28
Died: 1942
Died: February 22
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Vienna
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Anywhere
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Eye
Somewhere
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Sense
Room
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Leave
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Time
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Stretch
Eyes
Fill
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