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Do you honestly think Lenin is any different from J.P. Morgan? That you, if you were given absolute power, would behave any differently? Do you know the primary difference between men and gods?...Gods don't think they can become men.

Dennis Lehane

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Dennis Lehane
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: August 4
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