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So what about me? Would I always have to find a high horse? The moral relish, the rising above, the being in the right, which can make me flaunt my losses.

Alice Munro

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Alice Munro
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 1
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Journalist
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Short Story Writer
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