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Greta Garbo: A deer in the body of a woman, living resentfully in the Hollywood zoo.
Clare Boothe Luce
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Clare Boothe Luce
Age: 84 †
Born: 1903
Born: April 10
Died: 1987
Died: October 9
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Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals.
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A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes.
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If old age means a crown of thorns, the trick is to wear it jauntily.
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I don't have any warm personal enemies. All the SOBs have died.
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I don't think my position unusual for a woman. I'm following a perfectly natural urge to do what I like.
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I wish I were a virgin again. The only fun I ever had was holding out.
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