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Happy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they're moving toward getting it.

Barbara Sher

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Barbara Sher
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 14
Died: 2020
Died: May 10
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Essayist
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Detroit
Michigan
Happy
Moving
Two
Feel
Feels
Exactly
Things
Toward
People
Getting
Common

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