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title: "7 Young Great Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I don't have a role model, but I certainly have always enjoyed Neil Young. I had the great pleasure and opportunity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-shields/i-don-t-have-a-role-model-but-i-certainly-have-always-enjoyed-neil/)

[Kevin Shields](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-shields/)

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> [Even from when Lionel Messi was very young I could see that he was a great player. A lot of people spoke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronaldinho/even-from-when-lionel-messi-was-very-young-i-could-see-that-he-was-a/)

[Ronaldinho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronaldinho/)

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> [Will Young. He's a great white soul singer. But he was slightly disappointing when I met him - not that friendly. Perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blackburn/will-young-he-s-a-great-white-soul-singer-but-he-was-slightly/)

[Tony Blackburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blackburn/)

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> [The good die young and the great change the course of history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-good-die-young-and-the-great-change-the-course-of-history/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [We must be young to do great things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/we-must-be-young-to-do-great-things/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [“Summer was over, and we were no longer young, but there were great things before us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/summer-was-over-and-we-were-no-longer-young-but-there-were-great/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

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> [We're all just kids who grew up way to fast yeah the good die young but the great will always last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-re-all-just-kids-who-grew-up-way-to-fast-yeah-the-good-die-young/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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