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Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

Regina Brett

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Regina Brett
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 31
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Ravenna
Ohio
Waste
Short
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Anyone
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Life
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Hating

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