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Slow is fast, gentle is powerful and stillness moves mountains

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
Author
Journalist
Sociologist
Provo
Utah
Mountains
Moves
Gentle
Slow
Fast
Mountain
Powerful
Moving
Stillness

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