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Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy.

Andrew Weil

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Andrew Weil
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 8
Medical Doctor
Medical Writer
Physician
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Andrew Thomas Weil
Happiness
Often
Comes
Feelings
Spontaneous
Genuine
Joy
Within

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