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Fear is a weakness. It makes a person lose her nerve and her cool. It makes people jumpy and organizations nervous, and when that happens, there is always a chance to take advantage.

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Ally Carter
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 1
Author
Blogger
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Oklahoma
United States
Sarah Leigh Fogleman
Always
Loses
Organizations
People
Chance
Nerves
Fear
Nervous
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Cool
Happens
Weakness
Persons
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Person
Advantage
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Ambassador Winters, allow me to introduce my aunt Abby and her....boyfriend.' Townsed tensed. Abby glared. And Rebecca Baxter looked like she was going to choke on her chewing gum.
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Don't believe everything you read. It's very difficult to be accepting of our own bodies. This topic deserves it's own book, but since I'm not qualified to write it, I won't. Instead I'll just say this: The pictures staring out at you from the supermarket checkout stands, the images we are all supposed to aspire to? They lie
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