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But that's one lifetime. Yeah. But while doing that one I'd want to be able to have done other stuff. Whole other lives- the one where I sail- I know, on a boat you made yourself.

Dave Eggers

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Dave Eggers
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 12
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