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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.
Richard Paul Evans
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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
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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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Broken vows are like broken mirrors. They leave those who held to them bleeding and staring at fractured images of themselves.
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To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding.
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I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget what your not.
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It's almost as difficult to believe that someone with so many trials could harbor such hope, as that there are those with so much advantage who harbor such hopelessness.
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