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Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.

Augusten Burroughs

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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
People
Overdone
Marriage
Interesting
Find
Going
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