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it is a waste of time to ask more of people than they have to give.

Margaret Halsey

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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
Writer
Yonkers
New York State
Waste
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Give
Giving
Time
People

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