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I love Canada. Its a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar.
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Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed.
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My gratitude to him is as boundless as the Pacific ocean.
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Don’t worry about being good…. Aspire to be authentic.
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