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I never played inside as a kid - even in the rain I'd go out.

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Anthony Doerr
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 27
Author Of Novels
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
Kids
Even
Never
Played
Rain
Inside

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