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You were given life it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
Author
Essayist
Novelist
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Waterbury
Connecticut
Find
Slight
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Duty
Humans
Beauty
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Within
Something
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Life
Given
Beautiful
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Entitlement

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