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Just let them sit in the goddam sun. But the world won't let them because there's nothing more dangerous than letting old farts sit in the sun. They might be thinking. Same thing with kids. Keep 'em busy or they might start thinking.
Just let them sit in the goddam sun. But the world won't let them because there's nothing more dangerous than letting old farts sit in the sun. They might be thinking. Same thing with kids. Keep 'em busy or they might start thinking.
Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
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- Frank McCourt
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- Approximate author period: c. 1969 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Frank McCourt: life dates 1930 to 2009. Wikidata Q208869, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208869 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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