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Tell me what it is, or prepare to eat harpoon.

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Daniel Handler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 28
Accordionist
Author
Musician
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Screenwriter
Songwriter
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San Francisco County
California
Lemony Snicket
Harpoon
Prepare
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Goodness! Golly! Good God! Blessed Allah! Zeus and Hera! Mary and Joseph! Nathaniel Hawthorne! Don't touch her! Grab her! Move closer! Run away! Don't move! Kill the snake! Leave it alone! Give it some food! Don't let it bite her! Lure the snake away! Here, snakey! Here, snakey snakey!
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I opened my mouth and kissed you then, the first time all night, attacked you and surrendered completely, and let’s get out of here. I’m ready, I’m finished, let’s not break up, no, no. Take me home, my boyfriend, my love.
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I decided that it might be interesting to have terrible things happen to orphans over and over again.
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