If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do.
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RICHARD BAXTER Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691 I apprehended it a Matter o... RICHARD BAXTER Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691 Lord, it belongs not to my car... RICHARD BAXTER Ye holy angels bright, Who wait at God's right hand, Or through the realms of light Fly at your L... RICHARD BAXTER Cotton Owens was leading and daddy was second. They came up on me and I moved over to let them pass.... RICHARD PETTY One time Robert Plant was set to check into the same room after I checked out, so I removed every li... RICHARD MARX I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat a... RICHARD COBDEN Aerodynamics is mathematics for those who haven't learned to do calculus. In my case, too, for o... RICHARD BACH You know, there's a real irony in U.S. assistance programs. First of all, I think it's misna... RICHARD ARMITAGE Puberty for me was graduating from Thousand Island salad dressing to Caesar salads. It was like goin... RICHARD SIMMONS