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Slow down. Stop trying to do everything now, now, now. Hold up the people behind you for all you care, feel them kicking at your heels but maintain your pace. Don't let anybody dictate your speed.

Cecelia Ahern

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Cecelia Ahern
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: September 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Dublin city
Feel
Speed
Feels
Anybody
Trying
Behinds
Dictate
People
Behind
Kicking
Hold
Heels
Stop
Pace
Care
Maintain
Everything
Slow

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