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A good compromise leaves everyone angry.

Christopher Paolini

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
Author
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Science Fiction Writer
Writer
LA
California
Christopher James Paolini
Compromise
Leaves
Angry
Everyone
Good

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Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not have written 'Eragon' if I had gone into a public school system because I would have just been too busy attending classes and doing homework - I wouldn't have had the time to write.
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