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In my paranoid world every storekeeper thinks I’m stealing, every man thinks I’m a prostitute or a lesbian, every woman thinks I’m a lesbian or arrogant, and every child and animal sees the real me and it is evil.

Miranda July

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