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I go to bed early and rise late and feel as if I have hardly slept, probably because I have been reading almost the entire time.

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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
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Rise
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Bed
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Entire
Early
Late
Probably
Almost
Slept
Reading
Hardly

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