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Maybe you actually do need to face obstacles with someone to know that they're the one you'd sacrifice for.

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Alex Flinn
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: October 23
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Alexandra Flinn
Someone
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Obstacles
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