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What I hate is when something I've done is replaced by something better than what I've done. It's really embarrassing.

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Paula Scher
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: October 6
Designer
Graphic Designer
Painter
Teacher
Washington
District of Columbia
Replaced
Hate
Better
Done
Something
Really
Embarrassing

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