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Yes, I'm nervous. You'll find in time most people are. They simply learn better how to disguise it, and sometimes, if they're wise, how to use their anxiety to serve the public good.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Find
Anxiety
Sometimes
Serve
Good
Simply
Time
Wise
People
Public
Learn
Use
Disguise
Better
Nervous

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