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The insane have achieved political respectability while the sane act too good for it all. The irrational celebrate while the rational act bored and above-it-all.
Maureen Dowd
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Maureen Dowd
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 14
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Washington
District of Columbia
Maureen Brigid Dowd
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