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You have to be a little patient if you're an artist. People don't always get you the first time.

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Kate Millett
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 14
Died: 2017
Died: September 6
Feminist
Film Director
Painter
Photographer
Public Figure
Sculptor
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Katherine Murray Millett
Artist
Littles
Little
Firsts
First
Always
Time
People
Patient

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