I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you w…

Bill Bryson
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I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container. ✨ Bill Bryson (1989). The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America, p.115, VNR AG
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