You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each man is bedded in his people, their history, their culture, and their values.
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Peter Abrahams Quote
“Many have changed so much that they have lost the magic of the dream that carried them on their own bootstraps.”
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