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If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.

Barbara Johnson

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Barbara Johnson
Age: 61 †
Born: 1947
Born: October 4
Died: 2009
Died: August 27
Author
Journalist
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Literary Critic
Philosopher
Translator
University Teacher
Boston
Massachusetts
Barbara Ellen Johnson
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