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...if you expect people to try to do things your way, you're going to have to give some hints as to what that way is.

Sara Gruen

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Sara Gruen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
Author
Novelist
Writer
Vancouver
British Columbia
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Way
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People
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