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John Green, Turtles All the Way Down Quotes: We are living the American Dream, which is, of course, to benefit from someone else’s misfortune.
         

We are living the American Dream, which is, of course, to benefit from someone else’s misfortune.


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We are living the American Dream, which is, of course, to benefit from someone else’s misfortune.
         



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