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![“Almost instantly [after my announcement of Parkinson's], I saw the first couple of days the coverage was about, you know, "Fox's Parkinson's, blah, blah, blah." Then, two days after that, I saw the coverage turn. It started to become, "Can young people get Parkinson's?" All of a sudden, the…” quote by Michael J. Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f1e/michael-j-fox-1653_announcements_almost-instantly-after-my-announcement-o_2595820.jpg)
![“So he [Shoko Asahara] was insane but managed to convince a couple thousand people that he was enlightened. Western culture, which Japan is now definitely a part of, doesn't have an understanding of what Enlightenment is.” quote by Brad Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/400/brad-warner-3919_convince_so-he-shoko-asahara-was-insane-but-manag_48812.jpg)
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