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.,~~^^&&&#                ~~&    &~~                #&&&^^~~,.
.,~^=&@###              ~~&  LIFE  &~~              ###@&=^~,.
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.,~^=&@###                  ~~#&~~                  ###@&=^~,.
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..,,~^=&&# ~ ~ & A MULTITUDE OF DEFINITIONS  & ~  ~ #&&=^~,,..
...,~~=&@@ ~   &   DOES   NOT   HELP.   WE   &    ~ @@&=~~,...
......~==@ &     CAN     SAY     "LIFE     IS     & @==~......
.,~^=&@### ~   &   WHAT    WE   ARE,    AND   &   ~ ###@&=^~,.
.,~^===&&@ ~  ~  &  WHAT  THINGS  LIKE  US  &  ~  ~ @&&===^~,.
.,~^==&@@@ ~   &   ARE",   BUT   THEN    WE   &   ~ @@@&==^~,.
.,~^=&@### &    MUST    ALSO    DEFINE    WHAT    & ###@&=^~,.
.,~^=&#### ~  &  "THINGS  LIKE  US"  ACTUALLY  &  ~ ####&=^~,.
.,~^=&@### ~  ~  & ENTAILS,  HOW IT  SHOULD  &  ~ ~ ###@&=^~,.
...,,^&@@@ ~   &   BE   MEASURED,   WHO  OR   &   ~ @@@&^,,...
....~^===@ &    WHAT    IS     THE    ARBITER,    & @===^~....
.,~^=&@### ~   &  AND  SO   INSTEAD   THERE   &   ~ ###@&=^~,.
.,~^=&@### ~   ~   &   IS    THIS   INTERNATIONALLY ###@&=^~,.
.,~^=&@### SANCTIONED      LIST      &      ~     ~ ###@&=^~,.
..,,,^=@## ~  ~  ~ ~  &  OF  CRITERIA  & ~  ~  ~  ~ ##@=^,,,..
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.,~^=&@### - LIFE MUST PRODUCE OR CONSUME MILK      ###@&=^~,.
.,~^=&@### - LIFE MUST HAVE A BEGINNING AND AN END  ###@&=^~,.
.,~^=&#### - LIFE CAN HAVE DREAMS AND CAN INTERACT  ####&=^~,.
.,~^=&@### - LIFE CAN STEAL                         ###@&=^~,.
.,~^=&@### - LIFE CAN BE CURSED                     ###@&=^~,.
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