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At the end of the day, will God be interested primarily in whether I have been kind and helped others, or in whether I was baptized and how?

Andrew Solomon

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Andrew Solomon
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 30
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Clinical Psychologist
Journalist
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New York City
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