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Girls that aren't cut out for business careers usually wind up married to some nice man.
Tennessee Williams
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Tennessee Williams
Age: 70 †
Born: 1914
Born: March 26
Died: 1985
Died: February 25
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Thomas Lanier Williams III
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We're all of us guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.
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