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> [If you get to a certain age, all people want to know about you is people you knew. ...An American student once said to me, you know, isn't it extraordinary that I am alive and you're not dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-spender/if-you-get-to-a-certain-age-all-people-want-to-know-about-you-is/)

[Stephen Spender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-spender/)

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