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If you lose the power to laugh, you lose the power to think.

Clarence Darrow

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Clarence Darrow
Age: 80 †
Born: 1857
Born: April 18
Died: 1938
Died: March 13
Lawyer
Writer
Clarence Seward Darrow
Clarence S. Darrow
Loses
Inspirational
Innovation
Power
Laughter
Think
Laugh
Thinking
Laughing
Humor
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Attitude

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