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Be very, very careful not to let the facts get mixed up with the truth.

Jerry Spinelli

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Jerry Spinelli
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: February 1
Novelist
Writer
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Mixed
Careful
Facts
Truth

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