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They wordlessly excused each other for not loving each other as much as they had planned to. There were empty rooms in the house where they had meant to put their love, and they worked together to fill these rooms with midcentury modern furniture. (Birthmark).

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Miranda July
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: February 15
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Director
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Screenwriter
Writer
Barre
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Miranda J. Grossinger
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