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Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don't be afraid to follow it.

Joseph Conrad

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Joseph Conrad
Age: 66 †
Born: 1857
Born: December 3
Died: 1924
Died: August 3
Author
Autobiographer
Essayist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Berdichev
Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski
Goal
Inspirational
Find
Bliss
Commitment
Follow
Afraid

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