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...spend my time warring and whoring, that's what I was made for.
George R. R. Martin
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George R. R. Martin
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: September 20
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The Iron Throne is mine by rights. All those who deny that are my foes. The whole of the realm denies it, brother, said Renley. Old men deny it with their death rattle, and unborn children deny it in their mothers' wombs. They deny it in Dorne and they deny it on the Wall. No one wants you for their king. Sorry.
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