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When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new questions, then it is time to die.
Lillian Smith
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Lillian Smith was a Novelist from United States (1914–1990).

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This quote is attributed to Lillian Smith, a Novelist from United States.
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Lillian Smith lived from 1914 – 1990.