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I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way.
Charles Van Doren
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"I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way."
— Charles Van Doren

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I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way. — Charles Van Doren

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Charles Van Doren was a Celebrity from United States (1926–2019).

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This quote is attributed to Charles Van Doren, a Celebrity from United States.
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Charles Van Doren lived from 1926 – 2019.