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We are all in motion. Always. Those who are not climbing toward something are descending toward nothing.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Toward
Nothing
Something
Always
Descending
Climbing
Motion

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