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I'm going to tell you a secret. Our lives are shaped by the future, not by the past. Once you decide how you want your life to be, all you need to do is live into that future.

Wendy Mass

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Wendy Mass
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 22
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Livingston
New Jersey
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