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What can a man do to move along in some kind of grace through his days and years?

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
Days
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Years
Men
Aging
Along
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Grace

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