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I am a firm believer that every few years one needs to shake one's life through a sieve, like a miner in the Yukon. The gold nuggets remain. The rest falls through like the soft earth it is.

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