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It's as if once you hit high school, you're programmed, like a robot, to be an asshole to your parents.

Sara Zarr

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Sara Zarr
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: October 3
Novelist
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Cleveland
Ohio
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High
School
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Programmed
Robot
Asshole
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Parents

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