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"We benefit from doing nothing, from going out to play, from giving from the heart and spending time in nature. Most of all we benefit from having healthy, strong, and loving relationships with other people and from exercising the altruistic parts of ourselves."
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Source: Jo Baker (2013). “Longbourn”, p.163, Random House
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