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Hope, that risky, illustrious thing. It should have gone extinct by now, but we keep it alive.

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 39
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
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Connecticut
United States
Keep
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Illustrious
Extinct
Risky
Alive
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Hope

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