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Everything that anyone respects is what men naturally excel at: fighting, accruing wealth, playing at power.

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Janet Morris
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 25
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Janet Ellen Morris
Janet E. Morris
Men
Prejudice
Ambition
Wealth
Playing
Accruing
Anyone
Excel
Fighting
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Power
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Everything
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I...keep trying to be perfect. For you. So you'll notice me.
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