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When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.
Hugh Prather
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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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An argument is always about what has been made more important than the relationship.
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