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False teammates are like our shadows. They keep close to us when we are all walking in the sunshine, but they are gone the instant we just go into the shade, let alone the darkness.

John Kessel

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John Kessel
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 24
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Buffalo
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John Joseph Vincent Kessel
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