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It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?

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
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Write
Book
Writing
Kind
Really
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A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, and service. You understand those words? You should do your job right, and you should do it well, simply because you can, without looking for notice or reward.
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I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.
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