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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood
Age: 84
Born: 1939
Born: November 18
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Ottawa (Ontario)
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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