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Very often the lessons you learn are more important than the things you accomplish

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Janette Rallison
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: April 1
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Pullman
Washington
C. J. Hill
Sierra St. James
Accomplish
Lessons
Learn
Often
Important
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