And the prudence of fitting our aims to our natures can seem to many of us to flow from a confusion between a healthy life and a worthy life.

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Only Christensen and his co-authors, James Allworth and Karen Dillon, hope that goal is a worthy and fulfilling life.

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Is that worthy of a life sentence?

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Dr Marshall said the central plot line where the caterpillar eventually becomes a butterfly is transformational and "worthy of Life of Pi, possibly even more meaningful than Life of Pi".

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We insist on your dignity and we share your belief that if just given the chance, you will forge a life equal to your talents and worthy of your dreams.

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But only because we worked so hard to make sure the inconsistencies we were both taught in our parents' homes about what kinds of people were worthy to love would never be a part of our home or life together.

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