I am tired, so very tired of thinking about Lacey Yeager, yet I worry that unless I write her story down, and see it bound and tidy on my bookshelf, I will be unable to ever write about anything else.
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- Author's profession: Comedian
- Nationality: american
- Born: August 14, 1945
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Malcolm X
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