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"There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears."

Dorothy Dix, American Journalist

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"There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears."

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