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I can run fast when I want to run fast, and I've always been good at destroying things.

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James Frey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 12
Blogger
Film Producer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
James Christopher Frey
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Destroying
Fast
Running
Good
Always

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