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You cannot experience the fullness of your authentic self or life when you live to avoid hurt. You will never know the joy of love or the peaceful satisfaction of being loved if you hide from hurt.

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
Self
Satisfaction
Never
Avoid
Love
Joy
Life
Loved
Hurt
Fullness
Experience
Authentic
Cannot
Hide
Live
Peaceful

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