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I don't like this idea of division: that if you're a clever woman then you've got to be a particular way. Because men don't. Men please themselves.

Marian Keyes

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Marian Keyes
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: September 10
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Limerick City
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Although will never love anyone again, don't want to become bitter. Or creative.
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