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The way I see it, the impossible happens all the time but we're so good at taking it for granted, we forget it was once impossible.

Neal Shusterman

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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Science Fiction Writer
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Brooklyn
New York
Granted
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Impossible
Forget
Happens
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