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When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.

Saul Bellow

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Saul Bellow
Age: 89 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 10
Died: 2005
Died: April 5
Author
Essayist
Novelist
University Teacher
Writer
Solomon Bellows
Advice
Usually
Humor
Asks
Looking
Funny
Accomplice
Accomplices
Mathematical

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