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I hate to admit this, but some days hearing about other people's problems actually cheers me up.

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
People
Cheer
Admit
Hearing
Problems
Days
Actually
Hate
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