Over there you think of nothing but becoming President of the United S…

Henry Miller
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Over there you think of nothing but becoming President of the United States some day. Potentially every man is Presidential timber. Here it's different. Here every man is potentially a zero. If you become something or somebody it is an accident, a miracle. ✨ Henry Miller (1977). Tropic of Cancer
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Over there you think of nothing but becoming President of the United States some day. Potentially every man is Presidential timber. Here it's different. Here every man is potentially a zero. If you become something or somebody it is an accident, a miracle. ✨ Henry Miller (1977). Tropic of Cancer

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