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It seems that the truth is needed today is always a lie by tomorrow.

Hugh Prather

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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
Writer
Hugh Edmondson Prather III
Truth
Seems
Today
Always
Tomorrow
Needed
Lying

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