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Laughter lifts our spirits, surprises and sometime shocks our expectations, allows us to cross boundaries, reorders our priorities, and gives us access to ideas and associations we rarely ever thought to have.

Jean Houston

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Jean Houston
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: May 10
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I've been around for a very long time, I've been around since God had baby cheeks.
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