For me, it comes down to this:
He was filled with talent and torment.
How soon we jump all over his allegations of sexual abuse, while forgetting or overlooking the severe physical and emotional abuse he suffered at the hands of his father.
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Michael Jackson currently owns the top 15 on Amazon.com:
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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