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When i was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. but by now i had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.
-Norman Maclean
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When I Was Young, A Teacher Had

Norman Maclean
When i was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. but by now i had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.
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