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I just tell people to listen to your heart. Anything is possible if you are doing something you love.

Alicia Sacramone

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Alicia Sacramone
Age: 36
Born: 1987
Born: December 3
Artistic Gymnast
Gymnast
Boston
Massachusetts
Something
Love
People
Listen
Possible
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Anything
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