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Familiarity breeds consent.

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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Familiarity
Consent

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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
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I think gay people are like blondes: There're fewer of them but they have more fun.
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