We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. - Amos Bronson Alcott

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I mean, being shot in slow motion doing cocaine by Martin Scorsese is, like, maybe every actor's dream. Nothing will compare to it. Except maybe having kids.

Amos Bronson Alcott

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.

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