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Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow.

Kurt Vonnegut

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Kurt Vonnegut
Age: 84 †
Born: 1922
Born: November 11
Died: 2007
Died: April 14
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