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Women is fine once you got em pinned down, boss, but when they ain't pinned down they're hell.
John Dos Passos
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John Dos Passos
Age: 74 †
Born: 1896
Born: January 14
Died: 1970
Died: September 28
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John Roderigo Dos Passos
J. R. Dos Passos
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