I say the same thing about the death of James Wait. Oh, well -- he was…

Kurt Vonnegut
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I say the same thing about the death of James Wait. Oh, well -- he wasn't going to write the Beethoven's Ninth Symphony anyway.
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I say the same thing about the death of James Wait. Oh, well -- he wasn't going to write the Beethoven's Ninth Symphony anyway.

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