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This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it.

Mary Ann Shaffer

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Mary Ann Shaffer
Age: 73 †
Born: 1934
Born: December 13
Died: 2008
Died: February 16
Librarian
Novelist
Writer
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Ruin
Obsession
Ruins
Dignity
Life

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