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People, like dogs, love repetition. Chasing a ball, lapping a course in a race car, sliding down a slide. Because as much as each incident is similar, so it is different.
Garth Stein
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Garth Stein
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: December 6
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Those monkey-thumbs were meant for dogs. Give me my thumbs, you fu**ing monkeys!
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