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We none of us find as much kindness in this world as we should.

Arthur Golden

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Arthur Golden
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: December 6
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Arthur Sulzberger Golden
Kindness
None
Find
Much
World
Geisha

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