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A bank is a confidence trick. If you put up the right signs, the wizards of finance themselves will come in and ask you to take their money.

Christina Stead

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Christina Stead
Age: 80 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 17
Died: 1983
Died: March 31
Novelist
Politician
Short Story Writer
Translator
Writer
Rockdale City
Confidence
Asks
Money
Wizards
Come
Signs
Take
Trick
Right
Finance
Bank
Tricks

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