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There is incredible value in being of service to others. I think if many of the people in therapy offices were dragged out to put their finger in a dike, take up their place in a working line, they would be relieved of terrible burdens.

Elizabeth Berg

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Elizabeth Berg
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 2
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