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Oh. To be filled with goodness then shattered by goodness, so beautifully mosaically fragmented by such shocking goodness.

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Ali Smith
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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Journalist
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Fragmented
Beautifully
Shattered
Shocking
Goodness
Filled

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