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Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

Lee Child

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Lee Child
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 29
Author
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Coventry
England
UK
Jim Grant
James D. Jim Grant
Ultimatum
Plan
Plans
Worst
Hope
Best

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