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Sometimes you think you know things, know things very deeply, only to realize you don't know a damn thing.

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Jandy Nelson
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: November 25
Writer
New York City
New York
Thing
Things
Think
Thinking
Damn
Deeply
Realize
Realizing
Sometimes

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