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The heartland lies where the heart longs to be. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find the true place to plant it.
Vera Nazarian
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Vera Nazarian
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 25
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I've always been creative verbally, had a flair, my teachers said - wrote great expository essays in elementary school, scribbled little poems, embraced all writing assignments. And all along I read voraciously - first in Russian and then, after we left the USSR, in English, and even Spanish.
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Why does every road eventually narrow into a point at the horizon? Because that's where the point lies.
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Q: Why do I love thee, O Night? A: Because you know I will never answer.
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