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Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.

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Phyllis Bottome
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 31
Died: 1963
Died: August 22
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Phyllis Forbes Dennis
Change
Outsider
Come
Interference
Must
Altered
People
Outsiders
Situations
Neither
Situation
Alteration
Within
Alterations

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