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We have the ability to be the Athens of modern times as opposed to the militaristic Sparta. I remind you that the Athenians wrote poetry. The Spartans did not.
Rita Mae Brown
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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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