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Never throw the first punch. If you have to throw the second, try to make sure they don't get up for a third.

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Lincoln
Nebraska
Second
Sure
Firsts
First
Trying
Punch
Make
Third
Never
Thirds
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