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The first casualty of hitting rock bottom is vanity.
Richard Paul Evans
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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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We carry around in our heads these pictures of what our lives are supposed to look like, painted by the brush of out intentions. It's the great, deep secret of humanity that in the end none of our lives look the way we thought they would. As much as we wish to believe otherwise, most of life is a reaction to circumstances.
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That which we expect of life is indeed all that it ever can be.
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The shackles of belief, when reinforced by fear, are difficult to break free from and rarely done.
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Wait and see is no easier now than it was as a child.
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From our first babblings to our last word, we make but one statement, and that is our life.
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People aren't wired to be alone. Even in the stressful population of prison, solitary confinement is still considered a cruel punishment.
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As we walk our individual life journeys, we pick up resentments and hurts, which attach themselves to our souls like burrs clinging to a hiker's socks. These stowaways may seem insignificant at first, but, over time, if we do not occasionally stop and shake them free, the accumulation becomes a burden to our souls.
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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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But more than brave, you have love. And love is brave.
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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.
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The more someone assures you that everything is okay, the more you can be assured that it's not.
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Dwelling on him would make him a bigger part of my life than I want him to be.
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I don't think it is as much a human foible as it is a human curse that we cannot understand the beauty of a thing until it is gone.
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The concept of spiritual healing was something I was raised with.
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It's been said that every new beginning in some other beginning's end.
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Life is the soil, our choices and actions the sun and rain, but our dreams are the seeds.
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The truest grace is not to forgive, but to have never found fault.
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The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.
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I absolutely love playing the game 'Risk.
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Everybody needs love. Everybody. Those who don't believe that frighten me a little.
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