“I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it.”

—  Jean Kerr

"I was a Sand Crab" http://books.google.com/books?id=teAQAAAAMAAJ&q=%22I+make+mistakes+I'll+be+the+second+to+admit+it%22&pg=PA17#v=onepage
The Snake Has All the Lines (1960)

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Irish-American author and playwright 1922–2003

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