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Anger and embarrassment are often neighbors.
Amy Poehler
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Amy Poehler
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 16
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Amy Meredith Poehler
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Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success...when you can wish good things for people and rejoice when they get it, so many gifts and blessings come to you that you can't even imagine.
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The process of divorce is about loading that blanket, throwing it up, watching it all spin, and worrying what stuff will break when it lands.
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You have to be where you are to get where you need to go.
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