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There was a difference between people looking at you because they wanted to be like you, and people looking at you because your misfortune brought them one rung higher.

Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 19
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Nesconset
New York
Jodi Lynn Picoult
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Misfortunes
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