“You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.”
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British playwright, novelist, short story writer 1874–1965Related quotes
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Variant: Because the world isn’t divided into the special and the ordinary. Everyone has the potential to be extraordinary. As long as you have a soul and free will, you can be anything, do anything, choose anything.
Source: City of Heavenly Fire