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The past is such a subtle thing. [But] in the end, nothing else exists, everything is made of the past, even the future.
Natalie Clifford Barney
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Natalie Clifford Barney
Age: 95 †
Born: 1876
Born: October 31
Died: 1972
Died: February 2
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Salonnière
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Dayton
Ohio
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