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So the best thing is to really work on yourself and opening your own heart and just letting all that stuff [worrying] go. And it is possible. It's sometimes takes a lot of time it's not easy. And a lot of sitting with yourself and trying to work with your own heart.

Alice Walker

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Alice Walker
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 9
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