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You've got to be willing to lose everything to gain yourself.

Iyanla Vanzant

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Iyanla Vanzant
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 13
Motivational Speaker
Spiritual Teacher
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Rhonda Eva Harris
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Inspirational
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Gain
Gains
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Willing

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