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You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.
George Horace Lorimer
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George Horace Lorimer
Age: 70 †
Born: 1867
Born: October 6
Died: 1937
Died: October 22
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Louisville
Kentucky
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