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Ambition will, and should, always outstrip achievement.

Fay Weldon

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Fay Weldon
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: September 22
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Autobiographer
Essayist
Feminist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Alvechurch
Worcestershire
Ambition
Always
Outstrip
Achievement

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