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I tiger can smile A snake will say it loves you Lies make us evil

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Chuck Palahniuk
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 21
Essayist
Journalist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Pasco
Washington
Charles Michael Chuck Palahniuk
Smile
Lies
Lying
Evil
Snake
Make
Tiger
Tigers
Snakes
Loves

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