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Do not let anyone discourage you. If they try: get determined, not depressed.

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
Determined
Anyone
Trying
Discourage
Discouraging
Depressed

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