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If we only knew how many times our seemingly clever comment cut straight into the heart of the person with whom we have just spoken, it is we who would bleed.

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Guy Finley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: February 22
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Those who dare to try what others only dream of - never fail to discover that real effort is always rewarded.
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The past is as powerless to darken the present moment as is a shadow to reach up and drag down the form that casts it.
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Until you can love what the truth would teach you about yourself... then your love is incomplete.
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Listening to your own mind gives you good reasons why you should be fearful over unexpected events is just like being friends with someone who thinks it's funny to find new ways to hurt you!
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Discouragement is a negative emotion with more than one trick up its dark sleeve. It tricks you into mentally or emotionally dwelling in the very place you want to leave. Drop all such sorrow permanently by daring to see through this deception of the unconscious mind. You have a destination far beyond where you find yourself standing today
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