I think that if you shake the tree, you ought to be around when the fruit falls to pick it up.
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Mary Cassatt
Born in Pennsylvania in 1844, Cassatt was the only American to exhibit with the French Impressionists. Her intimate mother-and-child scenes brought a fresh perspective to the movement's subjects.
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