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A sigh is an amplifier for people who suffer in silence.

Robert Orben

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Robert Orben
Age: 96
Born: 1928
Born: March 4
Magician
Writer
the United States of America
Funny
People
Amplifier
Amplifiers
Sigh
Suffer
Silence
Suffering

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