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One must have a good memory to keep the promises one has made.

Ann Brashares

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Memories
Keep
Must
Made
Good
Promises
Memory
Promise

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