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Crying wasn't like riding a bike. Give it up, and you quickly forget how it's done.

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Quickly
Cry
Wasn
Forget
Give
Done
Bike
Giving
Crying
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Riding

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