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...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Life
Picture
Paint
Amateurs
Focus
Warrants
Mistake
Emerges
Beauty
Miraculous
Chance
Mistakes
Learn
Gratitude
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