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Cameras are a lifesaver for very shy people who have nowhere else to hide. Behind a lens they can disguise the fact that they have nothing to say to strangers.

Pat Conroy

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Pat Conroy
Age: 70 †
Born: 1945
Born: October 26
Died: 2016
Died: March 4
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Basketball Player
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Atlanta
Georgia
Patrick Conroy
Donald Patrick Conroy
Cameras
Lens
Behinds
Lenses
Behind
Strangers
Fact
Shy
Facts
Disguise
Else
Nowhere
Nothing
Hide
People
Stranger
Lifesaver

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