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There was never an angler who lived but that there was a fish capable of taking the conceit out of him.

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
Taking
Fishing
Never
Fish
Fishes
Boat
Rivers
Angler
Sea
Anglers
Lived
Conceit
Capable
Lakes

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