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I can't please everyone. I am trying not to let the pressure consume me.

Roxane Gay

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Roxane Gay
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 15
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Scrabble Player
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Everyone
Trying
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Pressure
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