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Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV.

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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
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I'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.
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Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous, with this reality we desire. That somehow distances us from actually taking part fully with the reality we do have, and that creates suffering. For me, the thing that I love is that it's all about the present moment.
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Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing.
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I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
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