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My brother was born without taste or the desire to be professionally lit.

Augusten Burroughs

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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Desire
Born
Without
Professionally
Lit
Taste
Brother

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