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" I think, because of the kind of writer I am, I can't do it halfway. I can't do it without dedicating my entire life to it. I have to give it a hundred percent. "

Mary Gauthier

Writer

Life

Halfway

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Much

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Feel

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Gone

Even

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Mary Gauthier

Top

Really

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Because

Terrible

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Knew

Since

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Heart

Know