Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest. - Philip James Bailey - Quotesmemo.com

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I live in New York City, but it doesn't matter if you're in any large, metropolitan area, there's kind of a little bit of survival-of-the-fittest, so when you encounter kindness or people going out of their way in an empathetic way, it's almost startling.

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Philip James Bailey

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