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“It is bizarre that some people can't understand how a serious poet could work at a finance firm. Goethe was a bureaucrat. Eliot worked as a banker.”

Quote by Katy Lederer

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Katy Lederer is a poet known for her unique perspective and profound emotional expression in her work. Her exact birth and death dates are unknown. more

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