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There's something rotten in the state of Denmark, and Hamlet says...it's payback time!
Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
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Don't move, said Sprockett.Mimes don't generally attack unless they are threatened.
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He was, after all, the ultimate rebel -- it takes a lot of cojones to stand up to Zeus.
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