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The happiness at getting what you want is not usually commensurate with the worry leading up to it.

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Commensurate
Leading
Usually
Worry
Getting
Happiness

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