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I desperately wish I had my tambourine with me now, because even after everything I'm still wearing heavy boots, and sometimes it helps to play a good beat

Jonathan Safran Foer

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Jonathan Safran Foer
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: February 21
Novelist
Writer
Washington
District of Columbia
Good
Wish
Tambourine
Helping
Desperately
Stills
Boots
Still
Wearing
Everything
Helps
Play
Beat
Sometimes
Beats
Even
Heavy

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