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Se Souvenir du passe, et qu'il ya un avenir: Remember the past, and that there is a future.

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Deborah Harkness
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: April 5
Executive Producer
Historian
Novelist
Writer
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Future
Past
Remember
Passe
Souvenir
Souvenirs

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