Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not.
Virgil Thomson
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- Let your mind alone, and see what happens.
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- I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good.
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