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Love's pure free joy when it works, but when it goes bad you pay for the good hours at loan-shark prices.

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David Mitchell
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 12
Actor
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Science Fiction Writer
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Clarkfield
Minnesota
David Stephen Mitchell
David Henry Mitchell
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