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Don't be sad that roses have thorns. Be glad that thorns have Roses. Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.

Lee Child

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Lee Child
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 29
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Film Actor
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Coventry
England
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Jim Grant
James D. Jim Grant
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