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If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

Irvin S. Cobb

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Irvin S. Cobb
Age: 67 †
Born: 1876
Born: June 23
Died: 1944
Died: March 10
Actor
Author
Film Actor
Journalist
Screenwriter
Television Presenter
Writer
Paducah
Kentucky
Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
Irvin Cobb
Businessman
Writers
Sense
Writing
Much
Good
Businessmen

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