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Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.

— Robert Redford

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Between the love-deed-Yes and the power-deed-No
And pressing forward honor reality.

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