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First of all, don't mix your hairpins up with mine! You .... Oh! All right, mix your muck with mine. Mix it! Mix your rags with my tatters! Mix it all up.

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Jean Genet
Age: 75 †
Born: 1910
Born: December 19
Died: 1986
Died: April 15
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Film Director
Film Editor
Military Personnel
Novelist
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Poet
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Paris
France
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Tatters
Muck

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