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The less you need someone's approval, the more you are able to love them.

Susan Jeffers

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Susan Jeffers
Age: 74 †
Born: 1938
Born: March 3
Died: 2012
Died: October 27
Psychologist
Writer
Hazleton
Pennsylvania
Approval
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Someone
Able
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Love

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