I've seen people talk about how they stopped polio, that was a generation that came together and said, … - Charlize Theron

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This way of seeing our Father in everything makes life one long thanksgiving and gives a rest of heart, and, more than that, a gayety of spirit, that is unspeakable.

Charlize Theron

I've seen people talk about how they stopped polio, that was a generation that came together and said, "Let's do this. " I think in the AIDS community we've become so complacent in that, it's like we just plateaued. . . We've completely neglected a whole young generation that is now highly infected.

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