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What man is such a coward he would not rather fall once than remain forever tottering?

Cormac McCarthy

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Cormac McCarthy
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 20
Novelist
Playwright
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Providence
Rhode Island
Charles McCarthy
Coward
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Forever
Rather
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Tottering

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