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Actually, every time we begin, we wonder how we did it before, Each time is a new journey with no maps.

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Natalie Goldberg
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 4
Author
Novelist
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Maps
Begin
Journey
Wonder
Actually
Inspirational
Every
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