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It takes a lot of spine and stomach to make yourself into something when no one gives you a foundation.

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Nora Roberts
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Eleanor Marie Robertson
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Eleanor Marie Robertson Aufdem-Brinke Wilder
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