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Use your time, energy and talents to do the best you can right now. Spend no time wishing it were better
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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