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When a man makes a specialty of knowing how some other fellow ought to spend his money, he usually thinks in millions and works for hundreds.

George Horace Lorimer

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George Horace Lorimer
Age: 70 †
Born: 1867
Born: October 6
Died: 1937
Died: October 22
Journalist
Louisville
Kentucky
Men
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Thinking
Usually
Works
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Specialty
Millions
Hundreds
Knowing
Fellow
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