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You know you can't hope yourself a better life - you must take yourself there.

Helen Gurley Brown

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Helen Gurley Brown
Age: 90 †
Born: 1922
Born: February 18
Died: 2012
Died: August 13
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Businessperson
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Journalist
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Green Forest
Arkansas
Helen Marie Gurley
Hope
Better
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Life

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