Mr Roca

Drive your life or it will drive you

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."
Virgil Thomson
"Let your mind alone, and see what happens."
Norman Cousins
"Life is an adventure in forgiveness."
Sophocles
"Quick decisions are unsafe decisions."

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