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Look at everything as though you are seeing it for the first time.

Betty Smith

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Betty Smith
Age: 75 †
Born: 1896
Born: December 15
Died: 1972
Died: January 17
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Brooklyn
New York
Elisabeth Lillian Wehner
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Wonder
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'Dear God,' she prayed, 'let me be something every minute of every hour of my life.'
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