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We come to know who we really are in life during the dark and difficult and desolate days of our journey.

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Tavis Smiley
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 13
Businessperson
Journalist
Radio Personality
Talk Show Host
Television Presenter
Television Producer
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Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection.
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