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Don't underestimate the power of events that happened a long time ago. That is the tragic flaw of modern man.

Anne Fortier

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Anne Fortier
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Novelist
Writer
DK
Tragic
Events
Modern
Happened
Power
Long
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Men
Underestimate
Time
Flaws

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I absolutely believe the past had its share of warrior women who fought like men. Whether some of these were the actual Amazons from Greek myth is another matter.
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But he is an Italian, was Umberto's sensible reply. He doesn't care if you break some law a little bit, as long as you wear beautiful shoes. Are you wearing beautiful shoes? Are you wearing the shoes I gave you?...principessa? I looked down at my flip-flops. I guess I'm toast.
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When the old men fight, the young people die.
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Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow.
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