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Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important.

Sara Gruen

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Sara Gruen
Age: 56
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
Writer
Vancouver
British Columbia
Keeping
Appearance
Hard
Important
Work
Marbles
Marble
Aging

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