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Reading is by far the most successful pursuit of happiness.

John Grisham

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John Grisham
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 8
Actor
Film Producer
Lawyer
Missionary
Novelist
Politician
Screenwriter
Television Producer
Writer
Jonesboro
Arkansas
John Ray Grisham
Jr.
John Ray Grisham Jr
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Reading
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