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Waiting patiently doesn't suit you. I can see you have a great deal of water in your personality. Water never waits. It changes shape and flows around things, and finds the secret paths no one else has thought about. [Mameha]

Arthur Golden

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Arthur Golden
Age: 67
Born: 1956
Born: December 6
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Arthur Sulzberger Golden
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