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" I really have no anxiety about controlling my own life. "
Kris Kristofferson
Life
Anxiety
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" Right after I resigned from the Army in 1965, I flew helicopters for oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. I flew personnel from rig to rig, and I'd live on a platform out at sea. "
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