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Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

American Novelist

Born: Jul 21, 1899

Died: Jul 2, 1961

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Cowardice, Imagination, Ability, Simply, Almost, Always, Suspend, Lack

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