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“It's our insides that make us who we are, that allow us to dream and wonder and feel for others. That's what's essential. That's what will always make the biggest difference in our world.
— Fred Rogers
Television host, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Commencement Address at Middlebury College May, 2001
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