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If you believe you can shed pounds quickly by force of will and deprivation, you will in all likelihood not only regain the ones you lost, but add a few more besides.

Mireille Guiliano

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Mireille Guiliano
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: April 14
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Non-Fiction Writer
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