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When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.

Ellen Hopkins

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Game
Choices
Taken
Games
Life
Survival
Choice
Becomes

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