“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.”

—  Willie Nelson

[The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart, XII, Nelson, Willie; Pipkin, Turk, 159240197X, 2006, Gotham]

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American country music singer-songwriter. 1933

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