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The important thing about human beings is not what they do, but why they do it.
Margaret Halsey
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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
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Yonkers
New York State
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Father's snoring grows to sound increasingly like a vacuum cleaner in heat.
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the role of the Do-Gooder is not what actors call a fat part.
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