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Looking at my life was very difficult. I think I learned that I haven't been as good a person as I'm inclined to think of myself as. I haven't been as good friend, haven't been as good a person, made a lot of mistakes.

Marge Piercy

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Marge Piercy
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: March 31
Activist
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