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Thought the mind can justify itself faster than the speed of light, it can be stopped through the act of writing.

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Byron Katie
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
Writer
Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Faster
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Light
Thought
Writing
Mind
Justify
Stopped

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