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There's always a hole in theories somewhere if you look close enough.

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Mark Twain
Age: 74 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 30
Died: 1910
Died: April 21
Aphorist
Author
Autobiographer
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Journalist
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Florida
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Samuel L. Clemens
Samuel Clemens
Look
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Enough
Theories
Always
Hole
Holes
Somewhere
Close
Theory

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