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Don't we all know why nerds do what they do? To get money, which leads to popularity, which leads to girls.

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Zadie Smith
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Zadie Adeline Smith
Girls
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Money
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