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As fast as I can tell there are only two emotions that keep the world spinning year after year...One is fear. The other is desire.

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Deborah Harkness
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 5
Executive Producer
Historian
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Keep
Spinning
Two
Emotions
Years
Fast
World
Emotion
Year
Desire
Fear
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