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All too often, it is audacity and not talent that moves an artist to center stage.

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
Center
Talent
Stage
Moving
Often
Artist
Audacity
Moves

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