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I'm an expert in hookers. I'm an expert in doormats. I'm an expert in victims. They were the best parts. And when I woke up--sociologically, politically, and creatively--I could no longer take those parts and look in the mirror.

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Shirley MacLaine
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: April 24
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