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I have taken so many wrong turns and been so careless with precious things and managed to lose, or break, or leave out in the rain so much that I loved.
Garrison Keillor
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Garrison Keillor
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 7
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Gary Edward Keillor
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