Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of

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Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation of the housewife, wit, tycoon and intellectual. It begins in the nursery and ends when speech is past. - Phyllis McGinley

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Famous author, 1905-78

Born:21st March, 1905
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Starsign: Aries

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