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There's a pretty woman for ever lucky man in the world: every man in the world is a lucky man if he only knew it, so why waste time?

William Saroyan

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William Saroyan
Age: 72 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 31
Died: 1981
Died: May 18
Dramatist
Novelist
Playwright
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Fresno
California
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Knew
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