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The reason we start things is rarely the reason we continue them.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.
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But more than brave, you have love. And love is brave.
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Love is never convenient-and rarely painless
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The only way to remove pain from death is to remove love from life.
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Life is not a sprint. It was never meant to be. It is just a step of faith after another.
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Wait and see is no easier now than it was as a child.
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To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding.
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Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.
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I've wondered why the famous congregate with each other. Perhaps it's to assure each other that they really are as important as they think they are.
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I absolutely love playing the game 'Risk.
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Some people spend so much time hunting treasure that they fail to see it all around them. It's like sifting through gold to find the silt.
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. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere.
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It was the first time that I had ever been romantically kissed. It was even better than the chocolate cake.
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We are chained to that which we do not forgive
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I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and difficulties, but rather, precisely because of them.
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