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Everything people do that doesn’t work has to be somebody else’s fault. Next time you know, geezers’ll be suing the government for getting old and kids’ll be taking their mommies to court because they came out ugly.

Lionel Shriver

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Lionel Shriver
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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Gastonia
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Margaret Ann Shriver
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