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I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world.

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Chris Cleave
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: May 14
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
London
England
Ocean
Trouble
Two
Like
World
Covers
Thirds
Telling

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