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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
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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev
Soon
Eagles
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Soar
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Dreaming
Moving
Worn
Dream
Mountains
Seems
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Mountain
Like
Tired
Eagle

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