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It is ok to err, but it is not ok to stop playing it is ok to lose, but it is not ok to give up.

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John Kessel
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: September 24
Author
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
Buffalo
New York
John Joseph Vincent Kessel
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