And now -- now it only remains for me to light a cigarette and go home. Dear God, only now am I remembering that people die. Does that include me? Don't forget, in the meantime, that this is the season for strawberries. Yes.

Clarice Lispector
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Marlene Dietrich is known as the “The Girl With The Glamorous Life.” The world knows her as a movie actress and she was a great singer and dancer as well. However, she was also a philanthropist and humanitarian. She spent nearly her entire life working to help people. Among the things she did for people who were in need were visiting them and bringing them food and medicine. In spite of her glamorous life, Dietrich was known as “the girl with the glamorous life.”

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