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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
Everything
Hitting
Nothing
Literally
Fantasy
Men
Commitment
Bogged
Think
Road
Shedding
Thinking
Walking
Commitments
Responsibility
Responsibilities
Away
Bureaucracy

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