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Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.

Vernon Howard

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
Author
Writer
Haverhill
Massachusetts
Things
Refusal
Measured
Number
Walk
Walks
Numbers
Freedom
Avoidance
Away
Measurement

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