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Tattooed Woman (1985)
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I have tried and failed to lead a conventional life. When I try to be like other people, I fall out of bed.
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She belonged to a generation of women who had been well fed on meat and potatoes and some of their bodies could not forget this.
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Happiness is a fragile thing, and alcohol, as I know from the house I grew up in, is dangerous to it.
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Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.
Barbara Jordan
Marian Engel
Born:
May 24, 1933
Died:
February 16, 1985
(aged 51)
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