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Ignorance is not bliss. Bliss is knowing the full meaning of what you have been given.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Bliss
Ignorance
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Full
Knowing
Given

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