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The argument about marriage equality will one day seem as arcane and shocking to us as the fact that Rosa Parks had to get up and go to the back of the bus.
Uma Thurman
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Uma Thurman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 29
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I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.
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