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It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about.
Alan Ball
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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
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I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
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