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Sometimes, you have to surrender before you win.

Gregory David Roberts

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Gregory David Roberts
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 21
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Novelist
Prosaist
Writer
Melbourne
Australia
Sometimes
Surrender
Winning

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