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If you want inner peace, find it in solitude, not speed, and if you would find yourself, look to the land from which you came and to which you go.
Stewart Udall
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Stewart Udall
Age: 90 †
Born: 1920
Born: January 31
Died: 2010
Died: March 20
American Politician
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Stewart Lee Udall
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