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Gentlemen are overestimated, that is my experience.
Christina Stead
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Christina Stead
Age: 80 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 17
Died: 1983
Died: March 31
Novelist
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Rockdale City
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The more we know, the better our intuitions.
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About myself - no. I'm unimportant, an observer, a wandering animal.
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