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We must ask ourselves these questions as often as we dare. How will the world change if we do not question it?
Kate DiCamillo
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Kate DiCamillo
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 25
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Philadelphia
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Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
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