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It takes a lot of adrenaline and fear to make me actually write.

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Maureen Dowd
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 14
Columnist
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Maureen Brigid Dowd
Writing
Make
Adrenaline
Takes
Actually
Fear
Write

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