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The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.
Ernest Hemingway
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Ernest Hemingway
Age: 61 †
Born: 1899
Born: July 21
Died: 1961
Died: July 2
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In the early morning on the lake sitting in the stern of the boat with his father rowing, he felt quite sure that he would never die.
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