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In human character, simplicity doesn't exist except among simpletons.
Tennessee Williams
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Tennessee Williams
Age: 70 †
Born: 1914
Born: March 26
Died: 1985
Died: February 25
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Columbus
Mississippi
Thomas Lanier Williams III
Thomas Lanier Williams
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