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When you stand up there and do a press conference, it's a very preoccupied moment. You're standing in front of cameras people are watching you it's not so easy to be at ease.
Christine Quinn
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Christine Quinn
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: July 25
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Glen Cove
New York
Christine Callaghan Quinn
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