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Some of us pray demands. Some of us pray complaints. Some of us pray knowing, and some of us pray not knowing. But prayer is the attitude that you hold in your heart.
Iyanla Vanzant
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Iyanla Vanzant
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 13
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Brooklyn
New York
Rhonda Eva Harris
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