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You can't retire to weakness -- you've got to learn to control strength.

Wallace Stegner

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Wallace Stegner
Age: 84 †
Born: 1909
Born: February 18
Died: 1993
Died: April 13
Biographer
Environmentalist
Historian
Naturalist
Novelist
Writer
Lake Mills
Iowa
Retire
Retiring
Weakness
Strength
Control
Learn
Inspirational

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