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Pride is what you can afford or think you can afford.

Fay Weldon

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Fay Weldon
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: September 22
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Feminist
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Alvechurch
Worcestershire
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by and large, nothing is as bad as you fear, or as good as you hope.
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