The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain (1835-1910), born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was the father of American literature whose masterpiece 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' created the template for the American novel. A Mississippi riverboat pilot turned writer, his humor, vernacular prose style, and social criticism made him America's most beloved and most quoted author.
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