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Anyone can slay a dragon, he told me, but try waking up every morning and loving the world all over again. That's what takes a real hero.

Brian Andreas

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Brian Andreas
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 17
Artist
Painter
Writer
Iowa City
Iowa
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