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" Our society, where we are right now, our minds are junkyards. We watch TV and sit on the computer all day and barely have an original thought. "
Melissa Etheridge
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Minds
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" I don't have a bucket list because it is my dedication to live every day of my life there. I don't have a bucket list because I'm doing it that day. I don't want to go to bed and say, 'Oh, I wish I had done this.' "
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