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Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.

Vernon Howard

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Sense
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Skins
Valuable
Havens
Haven
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Beauty
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Assets

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Your central self is totally untouched by grief, confusion, desperation.
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