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How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.

Judy Blume

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Judy Blume
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: February 12
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
Elizabeth
New Jersey
Judith Blume
Judith Sussman
Determine
Rest
Lives
Fear
Fears
Handle

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