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\"\"<\/a>Try not<\/p>\n

to look like you\u2019re\u00a0<\/div>\n
on a path to somewhere.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
That way<\/div>\n
nobody will ask you<\/div>\n
where you are going.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\u2013 David Budbill from<\/div>\n
Moment to Moment: Poems of a Mountain Recluse<\/span><\/div>\n
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Try not to look like you\u2019re\u00a0 on a path to somewhere. 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