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Try to keep your mind open to possibilities and your mouth closed on matters that you don't know about. Limit your 'always' and your 'nevers.'

Amy Poehler

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Amy Poehler
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 16
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Newton
Massachusetts
Amy Meredith Poehler
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