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You will be fierce. You will fearless. And you will make work you know in your heart is not as good as you want it to be.
Ira Glass
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Ira Glass
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: March 3
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Honestly, I am so ignorant of how dance works that I cant even imagine a story that you would want to tell through movement.
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