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People who imagine themselves to be self-made seldom enjoy examining the process of manufacture in detail.

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Richard Russo
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: July 15
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Johnstown
New York
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Self
Manufacture
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Seldom
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