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Sometimes before people know what they're saying, they already love the language.

Grace Paley

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Grace Paley
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: December 11
Died: 2007
Died: August 21
Activist
Teacher
Writer
The Bronx
New York City
Sometimes
Love
People
Already
Saying
Language

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