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I was just looking at moving to cambridge, and a house i was looking at cost a million dollars. because somehow, that's what a house costs. and i was thinking, "how can it be?" and i was thinking, "what am i doing? am i going to be niall ferguson, that horrible man?
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Jamaica Kincaid
I was just looking at moving to cambridge, and a house i was looking at cost a million dollars. because somehow, that's what a house costs. and i was thinking, "how can it be?" and i was thinking, "what am i doing? am i going to be niall ferguson, that horrible man?
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