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\u201cEverything I have ever been, I still am. although in transformed ways. At Christmas time all those images of Jesus from Christmases past come fully to life. I walk around with tears in my eyes. Tears of joy, tears of rage, tears of hope, tears of despair. Secular, humanist, Marxist, Quaker, Buddhist<\/a> tears. Human tears. Complicated tears. Wonderful tears.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richard Hayes<\/a><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yG8AFHgDMGM<\/a>\n

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