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The voice I had accepted as Divine Guidance was actually the voice of my ego leading me right into destruction.

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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Voice
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Ego
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Divine

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