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Depression might have chosen you, but you don't have to choose it back. Sometimes happiness comes with bootstraps, but so what? Pull 'em up. Choose joy.

Marianne Williamson

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Marianne Williamson
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
Author
Peace Activist
Philanthropist
Politician
Writer
Houston
Texas
Marianne Deborah Williamson
Happiness
Comes
Bootstraps
Back
Ems
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Pull
Sometimes
Depression
Chosen
Choose
Joy

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