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What happened to me by myself felt partly dreamed, partly imagined, definitely shifted and warped by my own fears and wants. But who knows? Maybe there is more truth in how you feel than in what actually happens.

Ann Brashares

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Ann Brashares
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: July 30
Film Writer
Novelist
Writer
City of Alexandria
Virginia
Felt
Dreamed
Happens
Imagined
Truth
Fears
Feel
Definitely
Feels
Wants
Maybe
Warped
Happened
Shifted
Actually
Partly

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The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that? -Coach Brevin
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