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Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.

Wendell Berry

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Wendell Berry
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: August 5
Author
Farmer
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Henry County
Kentucky
Wendell Berry
Wendell Erdman Berry
Laughter
Laugh
Laughing
Though
Facts
Immeasurable
Joyful
Considered

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