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When a girl holds a rose up to you, you run better, let me tell you.
Gary D. Schmidt
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Gary D. Schmidt
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: January 1
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Hicksville
New York
Gary David Schmidt
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A southwest blow on ye and blister you all o'er!' 'The red plague rid you!' 'Toads, beetles, bats, light on you!' 'As wicked dew as e'er my mother brushed with raven's feather from unwholesome fen drop on you.' 'Strange stuff' 'Thou jesting monkey thou' 'Apes with foreheads villainous low' 'Pied ninny' 'Blind mole...' -The Caliban Curses
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