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All equestrians, if they last long enough, learn that riding in whatever form is a lifelong sport and art, an endeavor that is both familiar and new every time you take the horse out of his stall or pasture.

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Jane Smiley
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: January 1
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Screenwriter
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LA
California
Jane Graves Smiley
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