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Lestat: Toughen up baby. I'm looking for the eternal scum.

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Anne Rice
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: October 4
Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New Orleans
Louisiana
Anne O'Brien
A. N. Roquelaure
Anne Rampling
Howard Allen O'Brien
Howard Allen Frances O'Brien
Toughen
Lestat
Scum
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The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.
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