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Truth does not really hurt, rather it is our resistance to its message that causes us pain.

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
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Truth
Doe
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Hurt

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You need only choose ... then keep choosing as many times as necessary. That is all you need do. And it is certainly something you can do. Then as you continue to choose, everything is yours.
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