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Once you have money, you can quite truthfully affirm that money isn't everything.

Louis Kronenberger

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Louis Kronenberger
Age: 75 †
Born: 1904
Born: January 1
Died: 1980
Died: January 1
Critic
Journalist
Novelist
Cincinnati
Ohio
Truthfully
Affirm
Quite
Money
Everything

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