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It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.
-Martha Gellhorn
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It Would Be A Bitter Cosmic Joke

Martha Gellhorn
It would be a bitter cosmic joke if we destroy ourselves due to atrophy of the imagination.
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