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There was nothing in this world that was not a con, suddenly I understood this. Nothing really mattered, and nothing could be lost.

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Miranda July
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: February 15
Actor
Artist
Film Actor
Film Director
Musician
Screenwriter
Writer
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Vermont
Miranda J. Grossinger
Nothing
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World
Mattered
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Lost

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