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Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more.

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Ruth Gordon
Age: 88 †
Born: 1896
Born: October 30
Died: 1985
Died: August 28
Actor
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Film Actor
Playwright
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Quincy
Massachusetts
Ruth Gordon Jones
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