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Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs.

Kristin Hannah

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Kristin Hannah
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: September 25
Novelist
Writer
Garden Grove
California
Money
Self
Authentic
Needs
Beneath
People
Buried
Findings
Finding
Careers
Passion

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