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What we start with is a conviction to fulfill our being. Horses, trees fulfill themselves. Why shouldn't people.
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
Age: 88 †
Born: 1899
Born: September 23
Died: 1988
Died: April 17
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Louise B. Nevelson
Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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Leike Berliawsky
Louise née Berliawsky
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A woman may not hit a ball stronger than a man, but it is different. I prize that difference.
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If they blow it [the world] up, that's not my business. My business is to work.
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