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When one stops working at the height of one's career, it's just stupid not to say, 'I want to make sure I have a house.'

Ali MacGraw

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Ali MacGraw
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 1
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Elizabeth Alice MacGraw
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I want to be a person who makes a quiet difference.
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Looking at beautiful things is what makes me the happiest.
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Modeling was so fleeting it doesn't count in my life scheme.
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