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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Exact meaning of the following

Freedom Lies At The Heart Of My Willingness To Lose Everything

Denise
  

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Hi Denise, To save us time, can you possibly indicate which part of this you are having particular trouble with? For example, would you understand me if I said something like 'I am willing to lose everything (eg for the woman I love) '? Best wishes, Clive

— Clive

  • Hi Denise, To save us time, can you possibly indicate which part of this you are having particular trouble with?
  • For example, would you understand me if I said something like 'I am willing to lose everything (eg for the woman I love) '?
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi Denise,
To save us time, can you possibly indicate which part of this you are having particular trouble with?
For example, would you understand me if I said something like 'I am willing to lose everything (eg for the woman I love)'?

Best wishes, Clive
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AnonymousFreedom Lies At The Heart Of My Willingness To Lose Everything
Hi,

I think what makes this so difficult is that one almost instinctively reverses the cause and the effect: My willingness to lose everything lies at the heart of my freedom. This statement would be very easy to interpret: I am free because I don't care what
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I have the same doubt in this sentence... Can someone help us?
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It seems to bear some family resemblance to

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. -- Janis Joplin.

And yet ...

CJ
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Hi,
Recorded by Janis Joplin, but written by the great Kris Kristofferson.

Clive
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CliveKris Kristofferson
I did not know that. Thanks.

CJ
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