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Things happen, and you can't make them unhappen. You don't get do-overs, you can't roll back the clock, and the only thing you can change, and the only thing it does any good to worry about, is how you let them affect you.
Jennifer Weiner
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Jennifer Weiner
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 28
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