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I've had such a satisfying life professionally and personally. I hope my tombstone says, 'Never boring.'

Alan Dershowitz

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Alan Dershowitz
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: September 1
Lawyer
Screenwriter
University Teacher
Brooklyn
New York
Alan M. Dershowitz
Alan Morton Dershowitz
Life
Tombstone
Professionally
Satisfying
Personally
Boring
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