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This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait.

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
Author
Novelist
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Forever
Waiting
Live
Life
Wait
Responsible
Responsibility

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