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We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal... in any given moment, by not exercising the option of suicide, we are choosing to live

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Peter McWilliams
Age: 50 †
Born: 1949
Born: August 5
Died: 2000
Died: June 11
Author
Film Director
Poet
Michigan
United States
Peter A. McWilliams
Peter mcwilliams
Peter Alexander McWilliams
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Option
Moment
Choosing
Given
Suicide
Moments
Exercise
Blushing
Ends
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Live
Laughing
Exercising
Life
Animal
Anytime
Like
Almost
Consciously

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