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These are very serious times, and serious people need to be doing some serious thinking.

Marianne Williamson

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Marianne Williamson
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
Author
Peace Activist
Philanthropist
Politician
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Houston
Texas
Marianne Deborah Williamson
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Silence is the Sabbath of the soul. Therein we rest, and therein we hear everything.
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If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love, then love will wholeheartedly respond to you.
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