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Relationships are monuments build on lies

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Dan Savage
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 7
Author
Journalist
Podcaster
Sex Educator
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Daniel Keenan Savage
Monuments
Monument
Relationships
Build
Lies
Lying

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