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Practice not wanting, desiring, judging, doing, fighting, knowing. Practice just being. Everything will fall into place.

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James Frey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 12
Blogger
Film Producer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
James Christopher Frey
Fighting
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Place
Everything
Desiring
Wanting
Judging
Knowing
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