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Your mid-thirties is a good time because you know a fair amount, you have some self-control.

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Zadie Smith
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Zadie Adeline Smith
Time
Thirties
Fairs
Fair
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Control
Self
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