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So long as one's just dreaming about what to do, one can soar like an eagle and move mountains, it seems, but as soon as one starts doing it one gets worn out and tired.

Ivan Turgenev

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Ivan Turgenev
Age: 65 †
Born: 1818
Born: January 1
Died: 1883
Died: January 1
Dramaturge
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Playwright
Poet
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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
Moving
Worn
Dream
Mountains
Seems
Starts
Long
Mountain
Like
Tired
Eagle
Soon
Eagles
Gets
Soar
Move
Dreaming

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