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Judging is a preemptive attack against that which you most desire - intimacy and acceptance - that is launched before you can be rejected or refused.

Gary Zukav

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Gary Zukav
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 17
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Soldier
Port Arthur
Texas
Desire
Preemptive
Launched
Refused
Rejected
Intimacy
Attack
Acceptance
Judging

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