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Genius gives birth, talent delivers. What Rembrandt or Van Gogh saw in the night can never be seen again.

Jack Kerouac

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Jack Kerouac
Age: 47 †
Born: 1922
Born: March 13
Died: 1969
Died: October 21
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
East Chelmsford
Massachusetts
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac
Kerouac
Jean-Louis Kerouac
Talent
Gogh
Seen
Delivers
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Vans
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Saws
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Design
Gives
Rembrandt

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