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" I don't want to own anything that won't fit into my coffin. "
Fred Allen
Want
Own
Coffin
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Paris
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Year
Creation
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Father
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Success
Small
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Anything
About
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History
Living
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Day
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Good
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Person
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World
Achievement
Go
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Church
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Full
Front
Bottle
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He
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Today
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