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Because people are afraid of fear, they give up acre after acre of their own life.

Peter McWilliams

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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
People
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Acres
Afraid
Fear
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For now realize that you can change anything you want, but you can't change everything you want.
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Running from fear only strengthens fear-you are demonstrating that fear has power over you. Fear must be faced and gone through.
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