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I don't like work like that. I am the silent partner. I work through events, I live on the sidelines, I dabble in causes and effects, I watch how the misbegotten creatures of this world live their lives.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
World
Watches
Misbegotten
Watch
Dabble
Events
Sidelines
Causes
Partner
Lives
Partners
Live
Silent
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