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Here I am Rock You Like a Hurricane.

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Dave Eggers
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: March 12
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When we pass by another person without telling them we love them it’s cruel and wrong and we all know this.
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I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book.
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Write your goddamned book now. The world awaits.
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When I was on the bestseller list with the first book, everyone who knows me knows that every week it continued to be on the list was a very dark week for me. Everyone knows that all I wanted was to be off that list.
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