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It's easier for a rich man to ride that camel through the eye of a needle directly into the Kingdom of Heaven, than for some of us to give up our cell phone.

Vera Nazarian

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Vera Nazarian
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: May 25
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Giving
Cells
Camels
Men
Phone
Needle
Phones
Needles
Easier
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Rich
Kingdom
Heaven
Ride
Eye
Kingdoms
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