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I haven't even had a life I could call my own, and you're ready to slot me into the grand design. Well, I don't think I want to go. I want to be my own design.

Clive Barker

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Clive Barker
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: October 5
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To you who have never died, may I say: Welcome to the world!
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