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I used to work very long hours. Then I started to realize that the stuff that I was writing in the late afternoons, I was generally throwing out. So I quit earlier than I used to.
Robert Caro
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Robert Caro
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: October 30
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New York City
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Robert Allan Caro
Robert A. Caro
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