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I dislike helplessness in other people and in myself, and this is by far my greatest fear of illness.
John Steinbeck
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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
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California
John Ernst Steinbeck
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John Ernst Steinbeck
John Ernest Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr
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Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down.
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