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We make a great bad guy, and they all say they hate us. But at the end of every day, people want to trust us. Because we're their government. And people trust their government.

Brad Meltzer

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Brad Meltzer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 1
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
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