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Bless you, prison, for having been in my life!
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1918
Born: December 11
Died: 2008
Died: January 1
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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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The earlier, the more fun. Why put it off? It’s the atomic age!
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Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free.
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