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Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning.

Andrei Platonov

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Andrei Platonov
Age: 51 †
Born: 1899
Born: September 1
Died: 1951
Died: January 5
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Science Fiction Writer
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Voronezh
Voronezh Oblast
Materialism
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Happiness
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