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Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.

Rita Mae Brown

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Rita Mae Brown
Age: 79
Born: 1944
Born: November 28
Autobiographer
Lgbtiq+ Rights Activist
Novelist
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Poet
Polo Player
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