"What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things."
"I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage."
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"The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it."
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