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Zizi was young and often confused about how to live his life, �and when he made a choice he clung to it with fierce resolve, �as if to beat his uncertainty into submission.

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Candace Bushnell
Age: 65
Born: 1958
Born: December 1
Columnist
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
Carrie Bradshaw
Often
Fierce
Young
Resolve
Live
Uncertainty
Made
Confused
Life
Beat
Beats
Choice
Clung
Choices
Submission

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