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In New York there is always something to look at, but it is all infinitely more interesting through a window in the backseat of a limousine.

Anna Godbersen

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Anna Godbersen
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: April 10
Writer
Berkeley
California
Infinitely
Window
York
Interesting
Look
Looks
Limousine
Something
Limousines
Always
Backseat

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