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The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose.

Thornton Wilder

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Thornton Wilder
Age: 78 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 17
Died: 1975
Died: December 7
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Madison
Wisconsin
Thornton Niven Wilder
Choose
Decision
Alone
Freedom
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Forced
Decisions
Aware
Awareness

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