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The problem, simply put, is that we cannot choose everything simultaneously. So we live in danger of becoming paralyzed by indecision, terrified that every choice might be the wrong choice.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
Author
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Everything
Simply
Indecision
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Decision
Paralyzed
Choices
Simultaneously
Wrong
Terrified
Cannot
Choice
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Choose
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