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The primary dues a writer or any artist pays is to remain sentient, and to forfeit the illusionary luxury of such anesthetics as avoidance, numbness, and denials.

Vanna Bonta

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Vanna Bonta
Age: 56 †
Born: 1958
Born: April 3
Died: 2014
Died: July 8
Actor
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the United States of America
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