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Arguing with reality it like trying to teach a cat to bark.

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Byron Katie
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: December 6
Author
Writer
Breckenridge
Texas
Byron Kathleen Mitchell
Trying
Like
Katie
Bark
Arguing
Cat
Acceptance
Teach
Reality

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