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We're so different. You're an intellectual. I'm an idiot. Don't say that, I yelled. You're not an idiot, you stupid idiot.
Melina Marchetta
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Melina Marchetta
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 25
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Sydney
NSW
Carmelina Marchetta
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Left alone with the dial tone...excuse me, operator, why is no one listening?
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