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After a while you learn that everything stops.

Bret Easton Ellis

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Bret Easton Ellis
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Executive Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Podcaster
Screenwriter
Short Story Writer
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LA
California
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