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If you miss one moment of enjoying your own life and relationships because you're trying to punish someone else, the bad guy wins.

Amy Dickinson

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Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
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Punish
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Someone
Relationships
Women
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