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The best thing about the iPhone is this that tells me where I am all the time. Theres never a need to feel lost anymore.

Gary Shteyngart

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Gary Shteyngart
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 5
Journalist
Novelist
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St. Petersburg
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