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Don't pay back in kind, pay back in kindness. If someone does wrong by you, do right by them.

Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
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Someone
Doe
Back
Right
Kind
Kindness
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