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I do believe there's a heaven. I do believe that God has given me the resilience and the survival skills to withstand the chiffon trenches.

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Andre Leon Talley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 16
Autobiographer
Editor
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Andre Leon Talley
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Heaven
Given
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Chiffon
Withstand
Trenches
Resilience
Survival

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