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I thought lightning wasn't supposed to strike in the same place twice....sure it does...but only if you're too dumb to move.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Move
Wasn
Sure
Strike
Moving
Lightning
Place
Twice
Thought
Dumb
Doe
Strikes
Supposed

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