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“Perhaps the most reliable route to meaning and joy, to plunging below the surface and seeking more than the superficiality of material ambition, is connection with people, places, ideas and issues. Of these, the most important are people and relationships. And the most reliable route to relationships is conversation.”

Quote by Michael Short

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Michael Short is a professional actor, with the specific birth and death dates unknown. more

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