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People want pretty much the same things: They wanted to be happy. Most young people seemed to think that those things lay somewhere in the future, while most older people believed they lay in the past.

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Nicholas Sparks
Age: 60
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
Athletics Competitor
Film Producer
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Taekwondo Athlete
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Omaha
Nebraska
Nicholas Charles Sparks
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