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Don't depend on others to give you strength....Find it within yourself

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James Patterson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 22
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Every other person in the world would have looked at it and thought, Max would hate this. It was girly. It was beautiful. It wasn't made of titanium and black leather with spikes on it. But it seemed exactly right, in a weird, heart-fluttery kind of way. And I really loved it.
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