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When there are no other options, people fight harder. If the choice is life or death they have nothing to lose.

Robert Greene

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Robert Greene
Age: 34 †
Born: 1558
Born: July 11
Died: 1592
Died: September 3
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Norwich
Norfolk
People
Fight
Lose
Loses
Choices
Fighting
Death
Options
Nothing
Harder
Life
Choice

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