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I've found you can ignore half of what Dox tells you and not miss much-except for maybe they occasional complaint that you're spending too much.

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Lincoln
Nebraska
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