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• It is against the nature of man as he grows older .
  .. to protest against change, particularly change for the better. -- John Steinbeck (1902-1968)...
• When you need towns, they are very far apart. -- John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
• The older a man gets, the farther he had to walk to school as a boy.