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I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me.

Zane Grey

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Zane Grey
Age: 67 †
Born: 1872
Born: January 31
Died: 1939
Died: October 23
Author
Baseball Player
Dentist
Film Producer
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Zanesville
Ohio
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Confess
Inspires
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Inspire
Pleasure
Reading
Stimulates

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