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Sometimes the devil tempts me to believe in God.

Bill Vaughan

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Bill Vaughan
Age: 61 †
Born: 1915
Born: October 8
Died: 1977
Died: February 25
Journalist
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Tempts
Temptation
Atheism
Devil
Sometimes
Believe

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