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To boast of a performance which I cannot beat is merely stupid vanity. And if I can beat it that means there is nothing special about it. What has passed is already finished with. What I find more interesting is what is still to come.

Topics: About Beat Boast Cannot Come Find Finished Interesting Means Merely More Nothing Passed Performance Special Still Stupid Vanity Which I Can

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Nationality: Czechoslovakian

Born: September 19th, 1922

Died: January 22nd, 2000

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