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Words are not that important when you recognize intentions.

Isabel Allende

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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of the Kings
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Intentions
Intention
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There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain.
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