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It was a small thing, but it was a thing, and things have a way of either dying or growing, and it wasn’t dying.

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
Small
Thing
Way
Things
Dying
Wasn
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Growing

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