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You would think as you get older your mind would fill up with what they call the spiritual side of things, but mine just seems to get more and more practical, trying to get something settled.

You would think as you get older your mind would fill up with what they call the spiritual side of things, but mine just seems to get more and more practical, trying to get something settled.

Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern

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Alice Munro
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Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Alice Munro: documented activity in 1950. Wikidata Q234819, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234819 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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