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You play, you win, you play, you lose. You play. It’s the playing that’s irresistible. Dicing from one year to the next with the things you love, what you risk reveals what you value.
Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
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