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It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.
It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.
Approximate author period: c. 1965 AD · modern
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- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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- Approximate author period: c. 1965 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, based on documented lifetime 1926 to 2004. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123811 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution.
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