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Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian.

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William Goldman
Age: 87 †
Born: 1931
Born: August 12
Died: 2018
Died: November 16
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Highland Park
Illinois
S. Morgenstern
Harry Longbaugh
Freudian
Certified
Hostility
Argue
Arguing
Wife
Never

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