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"Sometimes I think there are more important things in life than eating, but by the time the dessert course comes, the thought goes away"
June
1
1941
"Sometimes I think there are more important things in life than eating, but by the time the dessert course comes, the thought goes away"
June
1
1941
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"Sometimes I think there are more important things in life than eating, but by the time the dessert course comes, the thought goes away"
June
1
1941
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