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The desperate usually succeed because they have nothing to lose.

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
Nothing
Desperate
Succeed
Usually
Lose
Loses

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