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Do not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.

Gwendolyn Brooks

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We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.
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There can be no whiter whiteness than this one: An insurance man’s shirt on its morning run.
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