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William James Sidis

American child prodigy (1898-1944).

Born April 1st, 1898 in Manhattan.

Died July 17th, 1944 at 46 years old in Boston (cerebral hemorrhage).

Occupations
anthropologist, historian, inventor, lawyer, linguist, mathematician, peace activist, physician, psychologist, writer
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner