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So let my hands and my face make their way in this world, let my hungry eyes see, my tongue taste.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
World
Taste
Eyes
Face
Faces
Eye
Hands
Way
Hungry
Make
Tongue

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