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And as we should all know by now, anytime you predict failure you have an excellent chance of being right.

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Jeff Lindsay
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 14
Novelist
Playwright
Writer
Miami
Florida
Jeffry P. Freundlich
Jeffry P. Lindsay
Anytime
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Excellent
Failure
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