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Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.

Bernard Malamud

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Bernard Malamud
Age: 71 †
Born: 1914
Born: April 26
Died: 1986
Died: March 18
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Novelist
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... it's possible to let love fly by like a cloud in a windy sky if one is too timid, or perhaps unable to believe he is entitled to good fortune.
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You see in others who you are.
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Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.
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The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.
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As long as a man stays alive he can't tell what chances will pop up next. But a dead man signs no checks.
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