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Character isn't developed when we get what we want. Character is developed when we don't get what we want.

Joyce Meyer

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Joyce Meyer
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 4
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St. Louis
Missouri
Pauline Joyce Hutchison
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If you refuse to be happy until you have no problems or challenges, you will probably never be happy!
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