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Perhaps my problem in marriage-and it is the problem of many women-was to want both intimacy and independence. It is a difficult line to walk, yet both needs are important to a marriage.

Hedy Lamarr

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Hedy Lamarr
Age: 86 †
Born: 1913
Born: November 9
Died: 2000
Died: January 19
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