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I sensed that my life was better when I focused on things that were working as opposed to focusing on the long list that goes wrong, but I wanted to know if there was any validity to that.

Deborah Norville

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Deborah Norville
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 8
Journalist
Television Journalist
Dalton
Georgia
Deborah Anne Norville
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