Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once.

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""If you had to identify in one word the reason why the human race has not achieved and never will achieve its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’""

- Dave Barry

Awareness

"If you had to identify in one word the reason why the human race has not achieved and never will achieve its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'"

- Dave Barry

Awareness

"Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro."

- Dave Barry

Awareness

"You should not confuse your career with your life."

- Dave Barry

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"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base."

- Dave Barry

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"You are the hope of Israel, ‘children of the promised day’!"

- President Russell M. Nelson

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"If you can dream it, you can do it."

- Walt Disney

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"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway."

- Earl Nightingale

Aspirations

"You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there are no limits."

- Michael Phelps

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"Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard."

- Serena Williams

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