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Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Murdered
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Suicide
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Suffocate

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