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I think that there's some confusion in my own mind about what I believe.
Curtis Sittenfeld
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Curtis Sittenfeld
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: August 23
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld
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