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March 1959

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YOU CAN'T CONTROL the length of life, but you can control its width and depth. You can't control the contour of your countenance, but you can control its expression. You can't control the other fellow's opportunities, but you can grasp your own. You can't control the weather, but you can control the atmosphere which surrounds you. You can't control hard times or rainy days, but you can work now to boost you through both. So, why worry about things you can't control? Get busy controlling things that do depend on you.

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