"If you're in despair, you don't know how to be part of your own life anymore."

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Source: Pre-School Is Where Upward Mobility Begins by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 14, 2013.

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Naomi Wallace

Playwright, Screenwriter

Naomi Wallace is a playwright known for her poignant exploration of truth and human experience, particularly in works like 'The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek'.

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