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Sometimes sadness is appropriate. Not something to run from, not something to numb...just something to feel.

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Marianne Williamson
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
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Peace Activist
Philanthropist
Politician
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Houston
Texas
Marianne Deborah Williamson
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