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Each thought becomes an anxiety in my brain. I am becoming the ugliest of all things: a busy man.

Andre Gide

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Andre Gide
Age: 82 †
Born: 1869
Born: November 22
Died: 1951
Died: December 19
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André Paul Guillaume Gide
Andre Gide
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