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If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice.
Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: November 18
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Ottawa (Ontario)
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
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We shouldn't have been so scornful we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young.
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