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I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone.

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Octavia Spencer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 25
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Montgomery
Alabama
Octavia Lenora Spencer
Octavia L. Spencer
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