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Today I don't want to live for, I want to live.

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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
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Hugh Edmondson Prather III
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It's not that today is the first day of the rest of my life, but that now is all there is of my life.
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Because the results are unpredictable, no effort of mine is doomed to failure.
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There is no place love is not.
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There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.
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We feel understood by people who like us misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic.
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Life is also a mixture of unsolved problems, ambiguous victories and vague defeats-with very few moments of clear peace.
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Letting people in is largely a matter of not expending the energy to keep them out.
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Moods should be heard but never danced to.
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Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.
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Don't strive for love, be it.
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When I get to where I can enjoy just lying on the rug picking up lint balls, I will no longer be too ambitious.
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When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.
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I'd rather be happy than right.
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You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. You are only young once, then you need another reason to act foolish. You are the only authority on what is best for you.
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Boredom or discontent is useful to me when I acknowledge it and see clearly my assumption that there's something else I would rather be doing. In this way boredom can act as an invitation to freedom by opening me to new options and thoughts. For example, if I can't change the activity, can I look at it more honestly?
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It is your right to be happy. This is what you were made for. And if you will not resist, happiness will find a way to pour from your heart and fill your days.
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Forgive and be happy. That is the ancient secret?the only wisdom ever to be attained.
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One element of maturity is the realization that we don't get away with anything. Any advantage gained or convenience taken, any private procrastination or insincerity, no matter how subtle or quick in passing, is paid for.
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