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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: 73
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Eleanor Marie Robertson
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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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