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A man spends the first half of his life learning habits that shorten the other half.

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
Habits
Habit
Learning
Half
Firsts
First
Men
Shorten
Life
Spends

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