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" We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery. "
Paulo Coelho
Stop
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" When I'm dancing, I'm not thinking about anything. I am here. I am totally there. You know? And the feeling is a sensation of being away from myself. My soul dances with the angels, and my body dances with my wife. "
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