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Doctors don't know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in the spirit.

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
Fresno
California
Spirit
Live
Everything
Matter
Really
Doctors
Health
Understand

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