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We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share.

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Lisa Bonet
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: November 16
Actor
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Film Actor
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San Francisco County
California
Lilakoi Moon
Lisa Michelle Bonet
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