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I've never understood why people said 'in your own words.' Who else's words would I use?

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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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Magna est veritas, et praevalebit: truth is mighty, and will prevail
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In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self.
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The reason we start things is rarely the reason we continue them.
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We are all in motion. Always. Those who are not climbing toward something are descending toward nothing.
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Procrastinatio n is the thief of dreams
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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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What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance.
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Some people were born to work for others. Not in a mindless, servile-way--rather they simply work better in a set regimen of daily tasks and functions. Others were born of the entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy the demands of self-determination and the roll of the dice.
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