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My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I'm a long way from the human being I'd liked to be, but I've decided I'm not so bad after all.

Audrey Hepburn

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Audrey Hepburn
Age: 63 †
Born: 1929
Born: May 4
Died: 1993
Died: January 20
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Elsene
Audrey Kathleen Ruston
Edda van Heemstra
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Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston
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