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Women have been repeating the same mistake since time began: falling for a man’s potential. We rarely see it the same way, and even more rarely care to achieve it.

Karen Marie Moning

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Karen Marie Moning
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 1
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Care
Rarely
Women
Falling
Even
Began
Way
Potential
Men
Achieve
Time
Mistake
Since
Fall
Repeating

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