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Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.

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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Sioux City
Iowa
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
Forgiveness
Heartbroken
Head
Rent
Free
Goodbye
Someone
Resentment
Past
Hanging
Live
Despise
Onto
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