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Most people, I've noticed, are instinctively harsh to strangers. They expect every approach to be an attack, every question to be an interruption.

David Levithan

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
Noticed
Attack
Stranger
Expect
Interruption
Approach
Interruptions
Question
Instinctively
Every
Strangers
People
Harsh

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