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If you find you require willpower, you aren't ready to lose weight.

Augusten Burroughs

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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Ready
Loses
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Willpower
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Weight
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