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I care about doing the work as best as I can do, and that it should go on reaching people. It's not about fame and it's not about me. It's about creating something that might allow someone else to create something.
Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
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