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I would like to be a free artist and nothing else, and I regret God has not given me the strength to be one.
Anton Chekhov
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Anton Chekhov
Age: 44 †
Born: 1860
Born: January 1
Died: 1904
Died: January 1
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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