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I can't dance anymore. Total knee replacements. I can't do anything anymore.

Annie Dillard

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Annie Dillard
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: April 30
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Essayist
Novelist
Poet
University Teacher
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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Anything
Replacements
Knee
Knees
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Anymore
Dance
Inspirational

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