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Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more ridiculous a certain fashion is, the more adolescents will cling to it.

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David Eddings
Age: 77 †
Born: 1931
Born: July 7
Died: 2009
Died: June 2
Novelist
Writer
Spokane
Washington
David Carroll Eddings
Fashion
Customs
Certain
Ignore
Young
Manner
Adolescents
People
Absurd
Adolescent
Ridiculous
Cling
Tend
Elders
Responsible
Costumes
However
Rebellion

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