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I was really not a good student, and I felt that shame every day. That's one of the reasons I started smoking pot and drinking daily.

Gary Shteyngart

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Gary Shteyngart
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: July 5
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
St. Petersburg
Every
Daily
Really
Reasons
Good
Drinking
Shame
Students
Started
Pot
Felt
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Smoking

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