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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
Author
Novelist
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Salt Lake City
Utah
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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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Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles.
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We love those whom we serve (p. 26)
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Sometimes, when tragedy strikes, people give up hope that they can expect anything more from life, when the real quest is finding out what life expects from them.
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We can spend our days bemoaning our losses, or we can grow from them. Ultimately the choice is ours. We can be victims of circumstance or masters of our own fate, but make no mistake, we cannot be both. The Walk - Epilogue Page 288
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To forgive is to unlock the cage of another's folly to set ourselves free.
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The strength of a friendship can be measured by the weight of the burden it's willing to share. (If you want to test this just ask someone to help you move.)
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The truest indication of gratitude is to return what you are grateful for.
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When we hate someone we make them more powerfull than they are.
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There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives
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Usually the most interesting stories are written not on paper but hearts.
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I absolutely love playing the game 'Risk.
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People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.
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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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To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding.
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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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The depth of love is revealed in its departure.
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In the beginning, I had considered these stops on my journey as interruptions - but I'm coming to understand that perhaps these detours are my journey.
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Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.
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The further along we get on our life journey the more we wonder about those who traveled before us and paved the road.
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