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People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.
Rita Mae Brown
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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
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I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off. Also, a comic vision is my natural world view, but I've grown up in spite of myself and I can pass the comic twist if it detracts from what the characters need. Yes, the life of a saint is hard.
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Dying's not so bad. At least I won't have to answer the telephone.
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