Play the game, but don't believe in it. - Ralph Ellison

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Play the game, but don't believe in it.

Ralph Ellison

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Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an American writer and academic known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953.

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