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I wonder how many parents realize that by the so-called education they are giving their children, they are only driving them into the commonplace, and depriving them of any chance of doing anything beautiful or original.

Isadora Duncan

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Isadora Duncan
Age: 49 †
Born: 1878
Born: May 27
Died: 1927
Died: September 14
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The Foolish Virgin
Aĭsedora Dunkan
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Any woman or man who would write the truth of their lives would write a great work. But no one has dared to write the truth of their lives.
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