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It's only women who are not really quite women at all, frivolous women who have no idea, who neglect repairs.

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Marguerite Duras
Age: 81 †
Born: 1914
Born: April 4
Died: 1996
Died: March 3
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Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu
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