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Life is just this way, broken, and I am crazy to hope for something else.

Miranda July

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Miranda July
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: February 15
Actor
Artist
Film Actor
Film Director
Musician
Screenwriter
Writer
Barre
Vermont
Miranda J. Grossinger
Crazy
Hope
Else
Something
Way
Life
Broken

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