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You know how we make a Scotch and water in this home? No, sir, Gus said. We pour Scotch into a glass and then call to mind thoughts of water, and then we mix the actual Scotch with the abstracted idea of water.

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John Green
Age: 47
Born: 1977
Born: August 24
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