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Pleasure can be used to enslave a people just as effectively as pain.

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
Enslave
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Pleasure
Pain
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