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I was educated by the nuns. Guilt and discipline combine those and you'll be pretty productive.
Nora Roberts
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Nora Roberts
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: October 10
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Silver Spring
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Eleanor Marie Robertson
Jill March
Eleanor Marie Robertson Aufdem-Brinke Wilder
J. D. Robb
Sarah Hardesty
Eleanor Wilder
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