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You take it from me, we are losing the war because we can salute too well.

Erich Maria Remarque

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Erich Maria Remarque
Age: 72 †
Born: 1898
Born: June 22
Died: 1970
Died: September 25
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Erich Paul Remark
Erich Maria Remark
War
Wells
Well
Take
Salute
Western
Fronts
Losing

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