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I do not enjoy writing at all. If I can turn my back on an idea, out there in the dark, if I can avoid opening the door to it, I won't even reach for a pencil.

Richard Bach

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Richard Bach
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: June 23
Aircraft Pilot
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Oak Park
Illinois
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There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.
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I’m here not because I am supposed to be here, or because I’m trapped here, but because I’d rather be with you than anywhere else in the world.
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Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.
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Believe you know all the answers, and you know all the answers. Believe you're a master, and you are.
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