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Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

Andre Gide

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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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Autobiographer
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Essayist
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
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Paris
France
André Paul Guillaume Gide
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