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A hungry man can't see right or wrong. He just sees food.
Pearl S. Buck
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Pearl S. Buck
Age: 80 †
Born: 1892
Born: June 26
Died: 1973
Died: March 6
Autobiographer
Human Rights Activist
Journalist
Missionary
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Hillsboro
Oregon
Pearl Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker
John Sedges
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There is, of course, a difference between what one seizes and what one really possesses.
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When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
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the heart never grows old.
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