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I own a lot of my house, because I'm Irish and from people who never owned anything.

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Dan Savage
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 7
Author
Journalist
Podcaster
Sex Educator
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Chicago
Illinois
Daniel Keenan Savage
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