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Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone's home and backyard.

Vera Nazarian

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Vera Nazarian
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 25
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Land
Lands
Someone
Trip
Remember
Distant
Home
Visit
Foreign
Whenever
Backyard
Travel
Backyards
Places
Hospitality

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