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I have always believed in trying to be a good person and giving to the world, and treating others in a just, kind, merciful way.

Andrew Solomon

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Andrew Solomon
Age: 60
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
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Clinical Psychologist
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New York City
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My parents deeply and truly loved each other, and if my mother hadn't died they would have been together forever. They were together for as much of forever as was given to them. They really loved my brother and me and were very good to us. It gave the model of how to have a happy marriage and family, but it also set the bar very high.
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