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If there were a map of the solar system, but instead of stars it showed people and their degrees of separation, my star would be the one you had to travel the most light-years from to get to his. You would die getting to him.

Miranda July

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Miranda July
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: February 15
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Miranda J. Grossinger
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