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Fishermen, no matter what supreme good fortune befalls them, cannot ever be absolutely satisfied. It is a fundamental weakness of intellect.

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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Boat
Sea
Fundamental
Absolutely
Fundamentals
Befalls
Cannot
Intellect
Fishermen
Ever
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Fisherman
Matter
Supreme
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Rivers
Fishing
Fortune
Fishes

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