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Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will come back to find you instead of its rightful owner.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
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New York City
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