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If you have moved over vast territories and dared to love silly things, you will have learned even from the most primitive items collected and put aside in your life.

Ray Bradbury

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Ray Bradbury
Age: 91 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 22
Died: 2012
Died: June 6
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Ray Douglas Bradbury
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