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Natural talent is a questionable phenomenon. Inclination perhaps, but innate ability is extremely rare.

Erin Morgenstern

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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
Novelist
Writer
Perhaps
Talent
Ability
Questionable
Natural
Inclination
Innate
Phenomenon
Rare
Extremely

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