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It is very frustrating not to be understood in this world. If you say one thing and keep being told that you mean something else, it can make you want to scream. But somewhere in the world there is a place for all of us, whether you are an electric form of decoration, peppermint-scented sweet, a source of timber, or a potato pancake.

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Daniel Handler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 28
Accordionist
Author
Musician
Novelist
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Lemony Snicket
Thing
Source
Decoration
Something
Told
Potatoes
Make
Whether
Frustrating
Pancake
World
Keep
Electric
Peppermint
Else
Scream
Scented
Place
Somewhere
Pancakes
Form
Understood
Timber
Mean
Sweet
Potato

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