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Know that to begin is often better than to think.

Robert Genn

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Thinking
Begin
Often
Better
Think

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