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It’s all right if you grow your wings on the way down.

Robert Bly

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Robert Bly
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: December 23
Linguist
Poet
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Madison
Minnesota
Robert Bly
Robert Elwood Bly
Wings
Grow
Grows
Right
Way

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