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The point of what I do is that it doesn't really matter what a book or a story is as long it moves you, informs you, challenges you, entertains you, or changes you.
James Frey
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James Frey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 12
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Cleveland
Ohio
James Christopher Frey
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That's what ever great writer, I believe, has done over the course of time - is they've figured out new ways of telling the same stories.
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It's been great getting better with you.
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Faith is the fool's excuse.
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The past doesn't matter. People cling to it because it allows them to ignore the present.
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But we are what we are, and humans will always hate.
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I think men who can cry are strong men
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I often think of death. True. Suicide is a reasonable option. True. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I leave it blank.
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People call me all sorts of things. I don't even care what they call me.
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When I see you, the World stops. It stops and all that exists for me is you and my eyes staring at you. There's nothing else. No noise, no other people, no thoughts or worries, no yesterday, no tomorrow. The World just stops, and it is a beautiful place, and there is only you.
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Words can't say this. The one word love means too little for what it is. It means everything and that is still not enough.
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To live with angels and chase their dreams.
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When I was a little boy, Marvin Hagler was my idol. He got no respect for most of his career. His fighting style was straight ahead. He took every shot thrown at him, and he kept punching back 'til he won. I honestly feel that's how I am. I take big shots from people. But I keep going.
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We know have the power of God in many ways: the atomic bomb, the ability to create life in a test tube, cloning, artificial intelligence.
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I turn and I slowly walk away and I don't look back. It has always been a fault of mine, but it is the way I am. I never look back. Never.
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