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For if the talent or individuality is there, it should be expressed. If it doesn't find its way out into the air, it can be turned inward and gnaw like the fox at the Spartan boy's belly.
Shirley MacLaine
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Shirley MacLaine
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 24
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