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Being on a highway, all that speed and aggression, is very terrifying to me.
Sandra Cisneros
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Sandra Cisneros
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 20
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One way to get very humble is to dedicate the work you're going to do to your community. And by community I mean that community you have a special vision for, that only you see, that no one else in a room sees. That special community in pain, that through a pain you've suffered, you're able to have that vision, that super-ray vision.
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