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... when I am really alone some power seems to grow in me. ... Conjugality made me think of a three-legged race, where two people cannot go fast and keep tripping each other because their two legs are tied together.
Brenda Ueland
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Brenda Ueland
Age: 93 †
Born: 1891
Born: October 24
Died: 1985
Died: March 5
Journalist
Power
Grows
Together
Alone
Made
Race
Tripping
Really
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Legged
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Three
Tied
Thinking
Two
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People
Cannot
Fast
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Grow
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