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Being in command means making tough decisions. Not being in command means shutting up and doing what you're told. --Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer

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Eoin Colfer
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 14
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Wexford
Decisions
Tough
Told
Decision
Making
Fowl
Means
Shutting
Mean
Artemis
Command

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