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I hate to be obvious, added the Scarecrow, but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
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