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Perhaps I’ve been rushing my whole entire life, jumping into things headfirst without thinking them through. Running through the days without noticing the minutes.

Cecelia Ahern

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Cecelia Ahern
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: September 30
Novelist
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Dublin city
Days
Running
Headfirst
Without
Rushing
Whole
Noticing
Things
Jumping
Thinking
Entire
Life
Perhaps
Minutes

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