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You must not be unkind, especially when it happens that you're right.

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
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Songwriter
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Fresno
California
Right
Must
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Especially
Happens

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