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not until

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Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once. Audrey Hepburn

Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone that I realized how much cheaper it was to drag the Joneses down to my level. Quentin Crisp

Not until all babies are born from glass jars will the combat cease between mother and son. Camille Paglia

The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you. David Foster Wallace

Not until just before dawn do people sleep best; not until people get old do they become wise. Chinese Proverb

Not until the tree is felled can you see how tall it was. French Proverb

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