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If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means 'flunk'.

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Daniel Handler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 28
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San Francisco County
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