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Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity.

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Jennifer Egan
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: September 7
Novelist
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Selfish
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Politician
Americans
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Resilience
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