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If you're miserable, make a choice. If you're still miserable, you can choose again.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
Author
Journalist
Sociologist
Provo
Utah
Miserable
Choice
Choose
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