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Fear goes hand-in-hand with artistic creation, and no amount of success will make the fear go away entirely.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fear
Entirely
Away
Artistic
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Creativity
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