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Wealth is enjoying what we already have, not getting more of what we think will make us happy.

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Peter McWilliams
Age: 50 †
Born: 1949
Born: August 5
Died: 2000
Died: June 11
Author
Film Director
Poet
Michigan
United States
Peter A. McWilliams
Peter mcwilliams
Peter Alexander McWilliams
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Worrying is the interest paid on a debt you may not owe.
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