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No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I'd just lost twenty pounds, gotten married and become a lawyer.
Wendy Wasserstein
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Wendy Wasserstein
Age: 55 †
Born: 1950
Born: October 18
Died: 2006
Died: January 30
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