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I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.

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
Care
Littles
Little
Things
Smug
Think
Guy
Thinking
Bigs
People
Hate
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