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Freedom has its dangers as well as its joys. And the sooner we learn to get up after a fall, the better off we'll be.

Alice Steinbach

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Alice Steinbach
Age: 78 †
Born: 1933
Born: October 10
Died: 2012
Died: March 13
Journalist
Writer
Freedom
Learn
Fall
Better
Dangers
Wells
Joys
Well
Sooner
Danger
Joy

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