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I look for material that both interest me and challenges me. If I am drawn to the material and I have to work hard at it, the characters and the plots reflect the hours and hours of research.

David Baldacci

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David Baldacci
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 5
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Libraries rock! Not a sermon, just a fact. As a kid I was a library rat and books changed my life. They can change yours.
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Pender laughed. Verify? In this day and age? Who cares about verifying anything? It's all about the speed. Who gets there first defines the truth. You know that as well as any man living.
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