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Luck is luck ... What we do with it determines whether it's good or bad.

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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Eleanor Marie Robertson
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Eleanor Marie Robertson Aufdem-Brinke Wilder
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Don't worry.... We are right behind you. Notice, Lilah added with a smile, the direction is behind.
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If you do not step forward you will always remain where you are.
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If that isn't typical male stupidity! If something doesn't work, kick it or swear at it!
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Eve: What do you want? Nadine: A man of amazing sexual prowess, great sensitivity, stupendous abs, and the face of an angel. Toss in a wicked sense of humor and stupendous wealth, who adores the very ground I walk on. Oh wait, you already have him.
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I’ve never been the one. Not for anybody.” He closed the distance between them. “You’ll get used to it.” He tipped her face up to his, kissed her. “Why? Why am I the one?” “Because my life opened up, and it flooded with color when you walked back into it.
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