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People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we become as important as we're supposed to be.

Maggie Kuhn

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Maggie Kuhn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1905
Born: August 3
Died: 1995
Died: April 22
Politician
Buffalo
New York
People
Tragic
Supposed
Allow
Society
Become
Power
Important
Conditioned
Really
Powerless

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