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Everyone can reach his goal, if he can think, wait and fast.

Hermann Hesse

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Hermann Hesse
Age: 85 †
Born: 1877
Born: July 2
Died: 1962
Died: August 9
Illustrator
Literary
Novelist
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Resistance Fighter
Writer
Hermann Karl Hesse
Everyone
Think
Thinking
Fast
Wait
Reach
Waiting
Goal

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