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No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Worst
Choices
Even
Always
Controls
Destiny
Choice

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