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Don't move, said Sprockett.Mimes don't generally attack unless they are threatened.
Jasper Fforde
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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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London
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You many have noticed I have a temper ... but when I calmed down, I realized that this world, blighted and imperfect as it is, would be better with you in it.
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I don't need you to agree with me, she said quietly. I'll go away happy with a little bit of doubt. Doubt is good. It's an emotion we can build on. Perhaps if we feed it with curiosity it will blossom into something useful, like suspicion - and action.
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I have a very varied taste in music. Everything from rap to classical to Latino to Rat Pack to jazz.
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The name is Schitt, he replied. Jack Schitt.
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