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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
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We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.
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There are people we treat wrong and later, we're prepared to treat other people right.
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