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It is better to lose and win, than win and be defeated.
Gertrude Stein
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Gertrude Stein
Age: 72 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 3
Died: 1946
Died: July 27
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What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?
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If fishes were wishes the ocean would be all of our desire.
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