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For men, as they get bogged down with responsibilities, commitments, bureaucracy, it is a fantasy just to think of shedding everything literally, walking away with nothing at all, and just hitting the road.

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
Walking
Commitments
Responsibility
Responsibilities
Away
Bureaucracy
Everything
Hitting
Nothing
Literally
Men
Fantasy
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Bogged
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Road
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