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Always remember this: There are only eighteen inches between a pat on the back and a kick in the rump.

Hattie McDaniel

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Hattie McDaniel
Age: 57 †
Born: 1895
Born: June 10
Died: 1952
Died: October 26
Actor
Actress
Composer
Film Actor
Musician
Singer-Songwriter
Television Actor
Wichita
Kansas
Eighteen
Kick
Inches
Kicks
Remember
Back
Always
Rump

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