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She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.

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Brian Andreas
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 17
Artist
Painter
Writer
Iowa City
Iowa
Short
Usually
Least
Beauty
Beautiful
Life
World
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