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Even the most primite societies have an innate resepect for the insane.

S. E. Hinton

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S. E. Hinton
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: July 22
Autobiographer
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Tulsa
Oklahoma
S. E. Hinton
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Societies
Insane
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