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“All time exists. That is the truth.... If the future did not exist now, how could we journey toward it? If the past does not exist still, how could we leave it behind?”

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I'm big on tomato mozzarella salad. That's my favorite all-time food.

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If you are my friend,you are down for me at all times,not just when it's convenient.

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At age 22 I set what I insist is an all-time record for distance hitchhiking in Bermuda shorts: 3,700 miles in three weeks.

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