"If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun."
"I have always lived my life exactly as I wanted. I've tried to please no one but myself... but I'm entirely content. I can sit back in my old age and not regret a single moment, not wish to change a single thing. It's what I wish for you...a life with no regrets."
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Source: 1954 In the Journal American, 22 Feb.
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