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People sometimes get in the habit of being loyal to a mistake.

Richard Russo

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Richard Russo
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 15
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Johnstown
New York
Sometimes
People
Loyal
Habit
Mistake

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