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There's always the sense that you should strike while the iron's hot and while there are all these opportunities, but that's not the way I get ideas. It has to be more organic, building up through living and through experiencing things.

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