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One of the penalties of being a human being is other human beings.

Christopher Morley

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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
Poet
Writer
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Humans
Penalties
Beings
Humanity
Human

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Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
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