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Faith is a choice like any other. If you're picking a career or a husband - or deciding whether to have a baby - there are feelings and reasons pro and con out the wazoo. But thinking it through is - at the final hour - horse dookey. You can only try out.

Mary Karr

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Mary Karr
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 16
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