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You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.

Deb Caletti

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Deb Caletti
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 16
Novelist
Writer
San Rafael
California
Mean
People
Shove
Door
Doors
Doubt
Open
Voice
Right

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