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Whatever relationship you have, man or woman, you have to be very attentive and you have to be a very good friend to them regardless of what they do.

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Truman Capote
Age: 59 †
Born: 1924
Born: September 30
Died: 1984
Died: August 25
Actor
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Author
Autobiographer
Journalist
Novelist
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New Orleans
Louisiana
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