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Having more does not keep you from wanting more. And if you always want more - to be richer, more beautiful, more well known - you are missing the bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come

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Mitch Albom
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 23
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New Jersey
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