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In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea.

Richard Bach

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Richard Bach
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: June 23
Aircraft Pilot
Military Officer
Novelist
Opinion Journalist
Philosopher
Prosaist
Writer
Oak Park
Illinois
Richard Bach
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Christmas
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If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours if they don't they never were.
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