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Oh, I know that. You know me, baby, I cannot be broken. Takes a giant to snap me in half.

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Zadie Smith
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Zadie Adeline Smith
Baby
Broken
Takes
Half
Cannot
Snap
Snaps
Giant
Giants

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