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Nourish beginnings, let us nourish beginnings. Not all things are blest, but the seeds of all things are blest. The blessing is in the seed.

Muriel Rukeyser

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Muriel Rukeyser
Age: 66 †
Born: 1913
Born: December 15
Died: 1980
Died: February 12
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Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Beginnings
Seed
Seeds
Blessing
Things
Blest
Nourish

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