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How gratifying to be there when arrogance collapses. How much more so to be the instrument. (Alfred Gillette)

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Robert Ludlum
Age: 73 †
Born: 1927
Born: May 25
Died: 2001
Died: March 12
Author
Executive Producer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Jonathan Ryder
Michael Shepherd
Arrogance
Instrument
Instruments
Much
Collapses
Alfred
Gratifying
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