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Equality is an unconscious assumption, and if you feel you are treating someone as an equal, then you are not doing it.

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
Equality
Equal
Someone
Feel
Feels
Treating
Assumption
Unconscious

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