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The constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized.

Rex Stout

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Rex Stout
Age: 88 †
Born: 1886
Born: December 1
Died: 1975
Died: October 27
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Noblesville
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