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There's nothing in all the world as much fun as talk. When you're talking, that is, with the right person.

Margaret Ayer Barnes

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Margaret Ayer Barnes
Age: 81 †
Born: 1886
Born: June 16
Died: 1967
Died: October 25
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
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Chicago
Illinois
Much
World
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Talk
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Nothing
Right

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