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When you give to others to the degree that you sacrifice yourself, you make the other person a thief.

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
Degrees
Sacrifice
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Persons
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Thief
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