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What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words?

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Richard Russo
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 15
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Johnstown
New York
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Simple
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Refused
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Everybody

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