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We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.

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Pema Chodron
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: July 14
Clergyman
Philosopher
Writer
New York City
New York
Deirdre Blomfield-Brow
Come
Apart
Really
Tests
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Things
Point
Think
Fall
Solved
Thinking
Truth
Overcome
Problem
Test
Together
Overcoming

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