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Women do generally manage to love the guys they marry more than they manage to marry the guys they love.

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Clare Boothe Luce
Age: 84 †
Born: 1903
Born: April 10
Died: 1987
Died: October 9
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all history shows that the hand that cradles the rock has ruled the world, not the hand that rocks the cradle!
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