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I don't expect executives to be creative but I do expect them to have courage.

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
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... I distrust manifest knowledge.
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I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.
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