Live life simply, but appreciate the finer things. There's nothing better than a cold beer, but order that nice bottle of wine every once in a while. The American Symphony Orchestra can warm your heart, but so can the American pastime. Tend toward understatement, subtlety, and things unsaid. Almost everything can be understood without uttering a word. Nevertheless, the discussions should be passionate, the laughter should be boisterous, and the competition should be fierce. Jumping off cliffs is strongly encouraged, but get up after you fall. Winners always want the ball, and what one man can do, another can do. Cliche? Sure, but many a game of pool has been won with that mantra. Never qualify an opinion as an opinion, and avoid redundancies in general. Always be a work in progress. Focus on what really matters in life and waste little time on everything else. To paraphrase a fellow Eric, there's only one girl in the world for you, and she probably live in Tahiti. Now go the whole wide world just to find her.

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