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I don't think I have even achieved fame. Of course, Hemingway says that fame is death's little sister.

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Kinky Friedman
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: November 1
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I'm ready for anything. That's probably why it never happens.
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In six days the Lord created the heavens and the earth and all the wonders therein. There are some of us who feel that He might have taken just a little more time.
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