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In life we often look to others for simple, but difficult answers, despite the fact that we have those answers ourselves.
James Frey
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James Frey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 12
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Cleveland
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James Christopher Frey
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I don't care what people come at me with. People have come at me with everything you could imagine. I could care less about that.
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