“ We are but tenants and shortly the great landlord will give us notice that our lease has expired. ”
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“ He first deceased; she for a little tried to live without him, liked it not, and died. ”
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“ The one I missed is Billie Holiday because she died the year before I arrived. I was in America in 1959 and she had passed away before that. ”
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“ Here lies interred in the eternity of the past, from whence there is no resurrection for the days — whatever there may be for the dust — the thirty-third year of an ill-spent life, which, after a lingering disease of many months sank into a lethargy, and expired, January 22d, 1821, A… ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
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“ Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired. ”
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