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Maybe that's what history is, you go from one I can't believe it the next. And sometimes the I can't believe its are good, and sometimes they're bad. But the sum total of positive ones always outweighs the negative ones.
David Levithan
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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
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