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Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb.

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Stephen Covey
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 24
Died: 2012
Died: July 16
Author
Businessperson
Professor
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Stephen Richards Covey
Feelings
Love
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Proactive
Verbs
Fruit
Feeling

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