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I look back, now, and I know that the naming moment, which seemed so insignificant then, which seemed to demand no more than an arbitrary and superstitious yes or no, was in fact a pivotal moment in my life.

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Gregory David Roberts
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 21
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