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I see too many men delay their exits with a sickly, slow reluctance to leave the stage. It's bad theater as well as bad living.

John Steinbeck

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John Steinbeck
Age: 66 †
Born: 1902
Born: February 27
Died: 1968
Died: December 20
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
War Correspondent
Writer
Salinas
California
John Ernst Steinbeck
Jr.
John Ernst Steinbeck
John Ernest Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr
Steinbeck
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Exits
Living
Sickly
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Reluctance
Well
Exit
Many
Delay
Men
Slow

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