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Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

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Garth Stein
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: December 6
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Film Producer
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The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague.
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In racing, they say that your car goes where your eyes go. The driver who cannot tear his eyes away from the wall as he spins out of control will meet that wall the driver who looks down the track as he feels his tires break free will regain control of his vehicle.
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And I wonder: Have I squandered my dogness? Have I forsaken my nature for my desires? Have I made a mistake by anticipating my future and shunning my present?
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People speak of a will to live. They rarely speak of a will to die. Because people are afraid of death. Death is dark and unknown and frightening. But not for me. It is not the end.
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