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" I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned, except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't have a bad moment about it. It sort of reinvigorated my interest in a lot of things. "

Sean Penn

Moment

House

Family

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Reciprocal

Love

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Aspire

Common Sense

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