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People have a right to their own lives, and if you can't help somebody, you ought to get out of their way.

Kate Millett

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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
People
Ought
Respect
Somebody
Help
Lives
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Way

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