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Every man is correct in asking God why he is stuck with himself, and his rotten luck.

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
Every
Men
Rotten
Correct
Stuck
Luck
Asking
Self

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