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I do love to sing. Had I a longer set of thigh bones and a sweeter voice, I should have loved to be a performer.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Sing
Longer
Loved
Thigh
Voice
Sweeter
Love
Thighs
Performer
Performers
Bones

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