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Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment. A woman has to realize that when she makes a man crawl it doesn't give her power.

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Tori Amos
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 22
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Singer-Songwriter
Newton
North Carolina
Myra Ellen Amos
Ari Tomos
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