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" What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories. "
W. Somerset Maugham
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" By the age of 24, I found myself convicted in prison in Egypt, being blacklisted from three countries in the world for attempting to overthrow their governments, being subjected to torture in Egyptian jails, and sentenced to five years as a prisoner of conscience. "
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