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I see now that the circumstances of ones birth are irrelevent. it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are

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Suzanne Collins
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: August 10
Executive Producer
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Hartford
Connecticut
Suzanne Marie Collins
Suzanne Collins
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