"The closed mind is a disease. You need to have an open mind; otherwise life will just pass you by."
"The sad thing is, I was discovering that you almost have to make a joke of being good to strangers. Up and down the country, these people doing their good deeds were doubtless being seen as slightly eccentric, when in reality and in an ideal world they should be deemed the most normal people of all."
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Source: Danny Wallace (2010). “Join Me”, p.159, Random House
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