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The moment you tell someone else is the moment you become a whiner and the world’s smallest violin starts to play. The truth is, we all have problems we all go through hardships and pain, and my pain is paradise compared to a lot of people’s and I really have no right to whine at all.

J.A. Redmerski

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J.A. Redmerski
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 25
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