Truth is exact correspondence with reality.


Paramahansa Yogananda

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Remember, you don't want to have any more correspondence with the IRS than is necessary.
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From all of our records and correspondence with EPD, they have done that.
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From all of our records and correspondence with EPD, they have done that,
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We would never comment on private correspondence.
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The truth is, I'm not body confident.
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