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I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.

Nadine Gordimer

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Nadine Gordimer
Age: 90 †
Born: 1923
Born: November 20
Died: 2014
Died: July 13
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Prosaist
Scientific Editor
Short Story Writer
Writer
Many
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There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.
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Music has no limits of a life-span.
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in writing, sex doesn't matter it's the writing that matters.
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Sincerity is never having an idea of oneself.
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A child understands fear, and the hurt and hate it brings.
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