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I can’t remember how many times I advised students to stop writing the sunny hours and write from where it hurts: No one wants to read polite. It puts them to sleep.
Anne Bernays
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Anne Bernays
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: September 14
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New York
United States
Anne Fleischman Bernays
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