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Everyone wants to learn the same thing from painful situations: how to avoid repeating them.

Gary Zukav

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Gary Zukav
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 17
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Soldier
Port Arthur
Texas
Everyone
Thing
Repeating
Situations
Avoid
Painful
Wants
Situation
Learn

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