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Choose your enemies carefully 'cause they will define you Make them interesting 'cause in some ways they will mind you They're not there in the beginning but when your story ends Gonna last with you longer than your friend

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Cormac McCarthy
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: July 20
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