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You're not RESPONSIBLE for somebody else's happiness. You're responsible for your own HAPPINESS.

Joel Osteen

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Joel Osteen
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: March 5
Minister
Politician
Preacher
Writer
Houston
Texas
Joel Scott Osteen
Responsible
Somebody
Happiness
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