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My daddy used to tell me not to chew on somethin that was eatin you.

Cormac McCarthy

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Cormac McCarthy
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 20
Novelist
Playwright
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Providence
Rhode Island
Charles McCarthy
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Eatin
Somethin
Chew
Daddy
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