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Yes, that man acted ugly, she told us in plain English. But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.

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Lauren Myracle
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: May 15
Comics Writer
Novelist
Writer
Brevard
North Carolina
English
Answer
Told
Answers
Acted
Back
Ugliness
Men
Plain
Throwing
Ugly

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And they all have pretty chilrden, And the children go to school, And the children to go summer camp, And then to the university, Where they are put in bozes And they come out all the same. - Malvina Reynolds
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