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The mind that doggedly insists on prejudice often has not intelligence enough to change.

Pearl S. Buck

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Pearl S. Buck
Age: 80 †
Born: 1892
Born: June 26
Died: 1973
Died: March 6
Autobiographer
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Missionary
Novelist
Screenwriter
Translator
Writer
Hillsboro
Oregon
Pearl Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker
John Sedges
Mind
Prejudice
Diversity
Intelligence
Justice
Culture
Often
Change
Doggedly
Enough
Insists

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