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I like the sea: we understand one another. It is always yearning, sighing for something it cannot have and so am I.
Greta Garbo
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Greta Garbo
Age: 84 †
Born: 1905
Born: September 18
Died: 1990
Died: April 15
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Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
Greta Gustafsson
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