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Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Chinese throwing stars get you a dozen stitches.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
Actor
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Throwing
Chinese
Sticks
Bones
Stones
Break
Stars
Stitches
May
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