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Don't be afraid people are so afraid don't be afraid to live in the raw wind, naked, alone...Learn at least this: What you are capable of. Let nothing stand in your way.
Tony Kushner
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Tony Kushner
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 16
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Music Pedagogue
Playwright
Screenwriter
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Manhattan borough
New York City
Anthony Robert Kushner
Anthony R. Kushner
Nothing
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Stand
Least
Alone
Learn
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Naked
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