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We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.

Gretchen Rubin

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Gretchen Rubin
Age: 58
Born: 1965
Born: December 14
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Motivational Speaker
Kansas City
Missouri
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