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Strength just comes in one brand - you. Stand up at sunrise and meet what they send you and keep your hair combed
Reynolds Price
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Reynolds Price
Age: 77 †
Born: 1933
Born: February 1
Died: 2011
Died: January 20
Novelist
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Macon
North Carolina
Edward Reynolds Price
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Many Americans would die naked in the middle of the road before they'd tell you what's hurt them most. But a born Southerner will show you the cell in their heart that burns the hardest. They'll hold it out to you in their bare right hand.
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From the age of six I wanted to be an artist. At that point I meant a painter, but it turned out what I really meant was I was someone who was very interested in watching the world and making copies of it.
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