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What matters to you defines your mattering.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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I'm not saying it was your fault. I'm saying it wasn't nice.
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He'd fought hard, Lida told me, as if there was another way to fight.
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I liked that he was a tenured professor in the Department of Slightly Crooked Smiles with a dual appointments in the Department of Having a Voice that Made My Skin Feel More Like Skin.
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