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“The great truth that is too often forgotten is that it is in the nature of people to do good to one another.” quote by Marilynne Robinson — Download Open image

“The great truth that is too often forgotten is that it is in the nature of people to do good to one another.”

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I was just going to say something, but I forgot when I started looking at you.

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People paid money for tickets to see us and be entertained by us, and we've never forgotten that. Anything after that was a bonus.

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“Forgotten hero was never the real hero, real hero can not be forgotten.”

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We began as mineral. We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we have forgotten our former states, except in early spring when we slightly recall being green again.

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