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Everyone goes to the forest some go for a walk to be inspired, and others go to cut down the trees.

Vladimir Horowitz

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Vladimir Horowitz
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: September 18
Died: 1989
Died: November 5
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Kiev
Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz
Vladimir Samoilovich Horowitz
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