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New York walking isn't exercise: it's a continually showing make-your-own movie.

Roy Blount, Jr.

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Roy Blount, Jr.
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 4
Musician
Writer
Indianapolis
Indiana
Movie
Make
Continually
Showing
York
Exercise
Walking

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