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The world itself is pregnant with failure, is the perfect manifestation of imperfection, of the consciousness of failure.

Henry Miller

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Henry Miller
Age: 88 †
Born: 1891
Born: December 26
Died: 1980
Died: June 7
Essayist
Novelist
Painter
Writer
New York City
New York
Genri Miller
Henri Miller
Phineas Flapdoodle
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World
Imperfection
Pregnant
Manifestation
Failure
Consciousness

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