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Just when I thought there wasn't room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea—
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I thought that if I could put it all down, that would be one way. And next the thought came to me that to leave all out would be another, and truer, way.
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How funny your name would be if you could follow it back to where the first person thought of saying it, naming himself that, or maybe some other persons thought of it and named that person. It would be like following a river to its source, which would be impossible. Rivers have no source.
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I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
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Born:
July 28, 1927
Died:
September 3, 2017
(aged 90)
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