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I think that if you can roast a chicken, you can get whatever you want out of a woman.

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Elizabeth Gilbert
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: July 18
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Waterbury
Connecticut
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Chicken
Chickens
Whatever
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