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I sometimes confuse myself with the little I know.

Bernard Malamud

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Bernard Malamud
Age: 71 †
Born: 1914
Born: April 26
Died: 1986
Died: March 18
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
University Teacher
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Confuse
Knowledge
Littles
Little
Sometimes

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