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Promiscuous ... was a word I had never applied to myself. Possibly no one ever does, for it is a sordid word, reducing many valuable moments to nothing more than doglike copulation.

Marya Mannes

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Marya Mannes
Age: 85 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 14
Died: 1990
Died: September 13
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Promiscuous
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Sordid
Nothing
Reducing
Many
Applied
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Possibly
Valuable
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Moments
Copulation

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