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Our lie is like a cancer that's spread to every single area of our lives.

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Simone Elkeles
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 24
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Chicago
Illinois
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Lying
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Cancer
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I cry a lot.' 'Yeah? Well I'm gonna change that.
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Thoughts of being a pirate and stealing her away to my ship race across my mind. Although I’m not a pirate, and she’s not my captured princess.
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You’re dangerous,” he says. “Why?” “Because you make me believe in the impossible
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the scary part is that people don't realize how much they've changed .
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When she wraps her arms around my neck, all I want to do is protect this girl for the rest of my life.
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A Mexican guy named Sam pushes Gary Frankel next to Isabel. This guy can break your arm with one snap, asshole. Get out of my sight before I sic him on you, Sam says. Gary, who's wearing a coral shirt and white pants, growls to look tough. It doesn't work.
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I've spent so much time avoiding arguments and smoothing relationships with the people around me, this confrontation is painful.
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Before i was jumped in i remember Lucky telling us how being in a gang was like having a second family... a family who would be there when your own family wasn't. They would offer protection and security. It sounded perfect to a kid who'd lost his father.
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Isn't that why we're put on this earth to begin with, to make it a better place? It's not a religious quest it's a humanitarian one.
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Get a grip, Dad. I'm not going to do anything you wouldn't do at my age.' He stands up and says, 'That's it. You're canceling this date.
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Do you ever lose the ego?” Westford asks me. “Yeah.” When his daughter kisses me, my ego flies out the window.
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I gave you my heart, but it wasn't enough.
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And my piece of advice is...don't flirt with any of the female instructors. They all have access to weapons bigger than yours.
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If you consider yourself a friend, dont tell me. Because if i know the rumors, i'll feel like i have to confront the. and right this second i want to live in ignorant bliss.
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