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When you die, others who think they know you, will concoct things about you... Better pick up a pen and write it yourself, for you know yourself best.
When you die, others who think they know you, will concoct things about you... Better pick up a pen and write it yourself, for you know yourself best.
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- Sholom Aleichem
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