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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: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
Athletics Competitor
Film Producer
Novelist
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Taekwondo Athlete
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Nicholas Charles Sparks
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These days she simply did the best job she could, accepting the good with the bad.
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Doesn't surprise me, Nana snorted. I wouldn't put anything past your late husband. He's not dead, Nana. Nana sighed. Hope springs eternal.
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If it came down to that, I'd protect you in a heartbeat.
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