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Rodney Dangerfield

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't.

Rodney Dangerfield

Hope

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When a person is young, they are energetic and optimistic about changing the world. By old age, they still desire change but have accepted the reality that their efforts alone cannot achieve it.

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