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This reads as a compact argument that character is not fixed, but formed through repeated inner and outer habits. It can be taken to mean that thoughts matter as much as actions, and that attention to the world, plus steady effort toward a dream, shapes who a person becomes. It lands in moments of self-reckoning, when someone is trying to change direction or build discipline.
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Originally said in English.
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About Kilroy J. Oldster
Kilroy J. Oldster is quoted here; further biographical details are not publicly available.
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