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Some days are good some days are not so good. Some days are really exciting. Some days are just tedious. You just have to get up out of bed.

Andre Leon Talley

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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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