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Why marry a woman if you're going to betray her, and if you're going to betray her, why beat her? The fault is not hers ... I sometimes think the worst we do, we do behind closed doors.
Rita Mae Brown
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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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