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Be calm. Be Zen. You are Buddha.

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James Patterson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 22
Actor
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Film Producer
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Newburgh
New York
James Brendan Patterson
James B. Patterson
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He grinned at me so unexpectedly I forgot to flap for a second and dropped several feet. You looove me, he crooned smugly. Holding his arms out wide, he added, You love me this much.
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