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Perhaps this is how you know you're doing the thing you're intended to: No matter how slow or how slight your progress, you never feel that it's a waste of time.
Curtis Sittenfeld
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Curtis Sittenfeld
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 23
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld
Elizabeth Sittenfeld
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