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Any woman who counts on her face is a fool.

Zadie Smith

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Zadie Smith
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: October 27
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Zadie Adeline Smith
Woman
Counts
Fool
Face
Faces

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