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Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley.

Ann Landers

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Ann Landers
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 4
Died: 2002
Died: June 22
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Sioux City
Iowa
Ann Landers
Esther Pauline Friedman
Home
Boat
Alley
May
Rivers
Alleys
Men
Caught
Bragging
Sea
Fisherman
Large
Lakes
Goes
Fishing
Bring
Fish
Happiness
Fishes
Angling

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