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You have to look at what you have right in front of you, at what it could be, and stop measuring it against what you've lost. I know this to be wise and true, just as I know that pretty much no one can do it.

Jonathan Tropper

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Jonathan Tropper
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 19
Executive Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Riverdale
New York City
Life
Wise
Stop
Lost
True
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Measuring
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