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I won't walk under scaffolding or under ladders. I wear things like a baseball player wears things that are supposed to have luck. I am superstitious about everything.

Lauren Groff

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Lauren Groff
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 23
Novelist
Writer
Cooperstown
New York
Wear
Baseball
Walk
Scaffolding
Walks
Superstitious
Player
Ladders
Everything
Wears
Things
Luck
Like
Supposed

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