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Life delivers far less disappointment when your expectations are low.

Brad Meltzer

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Brad Meltzer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 1
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Delivers
Disappointment
Lows
Expectations
Less
Life

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