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I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.
Rita Mae Brown
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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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Computer dating? It's terrific if you're a computer!
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A controller doesn't trust his/her ability to live through the pain and chaos of life. There is no life without pain just as there is no art without submitting to chaos.
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