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A joy as intense as pain

Nicholas Sparks

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Nicholas Sparks
Age: 60
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
Athletics Competitor
Film Producer
Novelist
Screenwriter
Taekwondo Athlete
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Nicholas Charles Sparks
Joy
Pain
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