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Whenever I doubt the existence of God or the Goddess, I look at horses. Only God could have made a horse.

Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
Autobiographer
Lgbtiq+ Rights Activist
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