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Rush, that most exciting perversion of life, the necessity of accomplishing something in less time than should be truly allowed for its doing.

Ernest Hemingway

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Ernest Hemingway
Age: 61 †
Born: 1899
Born: July 21
Died: 1961
Died: July 2
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