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You shouldn't have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer

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Daniel Quinn
Age: 82 †
Born: 1935
Born: October 11
Died: 2018
Died: February 17
Autobiographer
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Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Daniel Clarence Quinn
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