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Minsk! How pissed-off that sounded! It was great. You could scare the bejayzus out of someone if you said it right.

Marian Keyes

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Marian Keyes
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 10
Novelist
Poet Lawyer
Writer
Limerick City
Great
Minsk
Pissed
Sounded
Scare
Someone
Right

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