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Money is the only substance which can keep a cold world from nicknaming a citizen Hey, you

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Wilson Mizner
Age: 56 †
Born: 1876
Born: May 19
Died: 1933
Died: April 3
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Benicia
California
Keep
Money
World
Hey
Citizen
Substance
Citizens
Cold

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