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There's so much living to be squeeze into the cracks of one little day. You can make someone laugh, smile, hope, sing, think.

Regina Brett

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
Columnist
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Ravenna
Ohio
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Cracks
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