A Quote by Lorenzo Carcaterra
We do many things we shouldn't in the course of a life. It doesn't make them right or wrong, just a part of who we are.
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You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
I don't even have many friends anymore because I backed away from them. When things went wrong for me I didn't want them to have any part of my trouble.
I get a lot of e-mail messages from people who say thanks for giving them a place to vent, an outlet to say what they can't say in real life with friends and work colleagues - things that they know are wrong, but they still want to say. Is it right? No, of course not. People say some disgusting, vile things.
I'm a guy that tries to eat right. I try to keep my body right. I try to do all the right things. But like everybody else, I have flaws. I slip up. I eat the wrong things sometimes. I have cheat days. I think I make mistakes just like everybody else, but I try to minimize them.
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