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I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.

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Jerzy Kosinski
Age: 57 †
Born: 1933
Born: June 14
Died: 1991
Died: May 3
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Screenwriter
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Lodz
Rent
Gather
Possess
Prefer
Rather
Things

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