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There always has to be someone to take the punches. That's how it works. It isn't fair, it isn't right, but that kid licking slop off the floor over there means that we get to eat in peace.

Alexander Gordon Smith

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Alexander Gordon Smith
Age: 45
Born: 1979
Born: February 27
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