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It is possible to eat English piecrust, whatever you may think at first. The English eat it, and when they stand up and walk away, they are hardly bent over at all.
Margaret Halsey
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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
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The real nature of an ethic is that it does not become an ethic unless and until it goes into action.
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Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.
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