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I think that others can drive a creature to naughtiness, always accusing and blaming them. After a while it must make the creature unhappy and drive him...to be naughty, because nobody expects them to be good.

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Brian Jacques
Age: 71 †
Born: 1939
Born: June 15
Died: 2011
Died: February 5
Writer
City of Liverpool
James Brian Jacques
Thinking
Creatures
Accusing
Nobody
Blaming
Others
Naughty
Must
Expects
Make
Creature
Good
Unhappy
Always
Drive
Think
Blame

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