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I said I'd stop for a year, which was inconceivable to me and everyone around me. It seemed like so long. But then, after that year, I looked up and I still hadn't gotten my land legs back at all.
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Feist
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: February 13
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Amherst
Nova Scotia
Leslie Feist
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