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

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