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Without pain, we couldn't know joy.
John Green
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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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And we'll call you... hmmm. Pudge. Huh? Pudge, the Colonel said. Because you're skinny. It's called irony, Pudge. Heard of it? Now, let's go get some cigarettes and start this year off right.
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