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A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many poems about this democracy and this era of politics that I'm kind of bored by it

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Amber Tamblyn
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: May 14
Actress
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Santa Monica
California
Amber Rose Tamblyn
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