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Once more, I am watching the most powerful men in the kingdom bring their power to bear on a woman who has done nothing worse than live to the beat of her own heart, see with her own eyes but this is not their tempo nor their vision and they cannot tolerate any other.

Philippa Gregory

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Philippa Gregory
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 9
Novelist
Writer
Kenya's capital
Kate Wedd
Cannot
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Power
Bears
Tolerate
Live
Bring
Kingdom
Nothing
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Kingdoms
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Eyes
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Heart
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Eye
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Woman
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the bird sings as if to say that delight is easy, for those who desire it
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