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Some of the most unkind,judgmental people I've ever known go to church every Sunday and read the Bible. I don't know how some people are able to disassociate their own cruelty and shortcomings from their religious obligations and convictions, but many are able to do that.

Judith McNaught

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Judith McNaught
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 10
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San Luis Obispo
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