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Women have become so obsessed with not withering, they've forgotten that there are infinite ways to be beautiful.

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Maureen Dowd
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 14
Columnist
Journalist
Washington
District of Columbia
Maureen Brigid Dowd
Ways
Beautiful
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Women
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Withering
Obsessed
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