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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.

Amy Poehler

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Amy Poehler
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 16
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Newton
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Amy Meredith Poehler
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