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Life is too mysterious to try to map it out. I've certainly lived long enough to know it will take you places you never thought it would take you - and some of those places are kind of wonderful.

Alan Ball

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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
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I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.
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I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.
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I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.
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You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.
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