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Americans still believe they are cut out to be successful-in everything: love, love-making, luck, luck-giving, money-making, sense-making, cancer-avoiding, clothes-wearing, car-driving, and so on.

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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
Everything
Cutting
Avoiding
Giving
Successful
Wearing
Believe
Making
Driving
Love
Sense
Cancer
Money
Luck
Stills
Car
America
Americans
Still
Clothes

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