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“Ellos me aconsejan, me enseñan lo aprendido y ponen a mi disposición sus oídos para que hable y sus hombros para que llore, pero dejan que me equivoque, que trace mi senda. No hay otra forma de hacerlo; vivir conlleva equivocarse, y cada tropiezo nos ayuda a aprender, a mejorar.”

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