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The weight of the world is a trifle, if we all put our two fingers under it and try to lift together.

Vera Nazarian

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Vera Nazarian
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 25
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Lifts
Fingers
Weight
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Together
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Trying
Trifles
World
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