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When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
Love
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Listening
Listen
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Nature

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