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History is not a suicide note -- it is a record of our survival.
Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
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Manchester
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I like to think the price I paid by being open about my private life helped.
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What you risk reveals what you value.
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I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.
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I am much better at saying how I feel when I no longer feel it.
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