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Consequently, the power of the tale embedded in the libretto by Francesco Maria Piave prompted opera maestro Giuseppe Verdi to write one of his most famous operas LA TRAVIATA basing his content entirely on the story about a deathly ill courtesan who, though does not have long to live due to tuberculosis, finds the true love of her life.

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Or, "Your mother is very, very ill.

She's what I know today to be mentally ill, higher-functioning at times than others.

For good and for ill, we generate these incredible stories about the world around us, and then the world turns around and astonishes us.

And at this point I need to acknowledge the remarkable taboo against speaking ill of religion, and I'm going to do so in the words of the late Douglas Adams, a dear friend who, if he never came to TED, certainly should have been invited.

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