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It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

Marianne Moore

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Marianne Moore
Age: 84 †
Born: 1887
Born: November 15
Died: 1972
Died: February 5
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Kirkwood
Missouri
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Marianne Craig Moore
Indecision
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Stand
Middle
Nature
Human
Humans
Thing

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