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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
Giant
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Baby
Broken
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