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You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil.

Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Arguing
Ridiculous
Evil
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