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I'm not interested in who suffered the most. I'm interested in people getting over it.

Naomi Shihab Nye

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Naomi Shihab Nye
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 12
Poet
Teacher
University Teacher
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Suffered
Oppression
Interested
Getting
People

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