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You don't have to follow anybody's rules.

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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
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Practice not wanting, desiring, judging, doing, fighting, knowing. Practice just being. Everything will fall into place.
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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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A miracle is changing someone's life. Freeing them from whatever bonds them. Giving them the gift of being able to live the way they dream of living.
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But that's part of faith. Believing and knowing despite what other people say, and despite what the world might think of your beliefs.
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My life has been like all the lives, long and hard and full of sadness and confusion and horror, a frightening, difficult dream punctuated by brief moments of joy. And as is the case with all people's lives, the moments of joy are never often enough and never long enough.
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I feel strong. Not strong enough to face myself, but strong enough to keep going.
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