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I didn't expect it was going to be easy. But hard work is a lot easier to tolerate when it's something you want to do instead of something you have no choice about.

Lisa Kleypas

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Lisa Kleypas
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 5
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Lisa Kleypas Ellis
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