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It is common knowledge that no man that women flock to boasts of his conquests. Those who do, lie.

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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of the Kings
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Women
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write with honesty and don't worry about the feelings of others, because no matter what you say, they'll hate you anyway.
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