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The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.

Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
Autobiographer
Lgbtiq+ Rights Activist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Polo Player
Prosaist
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Life
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whoever said progress was a positive thing has never been to Florida or California.
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