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As long as you leave to others the responsibility to make you happy, you will always be miserable, because that is actually your job
Linda Alfiori The Art of Loving Intelligently:Discover the Five Love Myths Hurting Women in America
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As long as you leave to others the responsibility to make you happy, you will always be miserable, because that is actually your job
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Linda Alfiori

The Art of Loving Intelligently:Discover the Five Love Myths Hurting Women in America

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