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if it's true your life flashes past your eyes before you die, then it is also the truth that your life rushes forth when you are ready to start to truly be alive.

Amy Hempel

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Amy Hempel
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: December 14
Journalist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Life
Eyes
Start
Rushes
Dies
Flashes
Eye
Flash
True
Forth
Past
Truly
Truth
Ready
Also
Alive

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