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I shook my tambourine the whole time, because it helped me remember that even though I was going through different neighborhoods, I was still me.

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 21
Novelist
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Whole
Neighborhoods
Different
Shook
Even
Neighborhood
Going
Helped
Time
Though
Stills
Remember
Still
Tambourine

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