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All around the dining hall, you can feel the rejuvenating effect that a good meal can bring on. The way it can make people kinder, funnier, more optimistic, and remind them it's not a mistake to go on living. It's better than any medicine.

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Suzanne Collins
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 10
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