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To have too much time is not good, you have to force yourself. And human beings aren't meant for true freedom. I've learned that, having had it.
Ethan Canin
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Ethan Canin
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: July 19
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Ann Arbor
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Ethan Andrew Canin
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