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Kenneth Tynan Quotes: All of life is more or less what the French would call s'imposer - to be able to create one's own terms for what one does.
         

All of life is more or less what the French would call s'imposer - to be able to create one's own terms for what one does.


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All of life is more or less what the French would call s'imposer - to be able to create one's own terms for what one does.
         



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