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You got responsibilities when you’re a leader. You got a responsibility not to kill too many of your men. Or who’re you going to lead?

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Mark Lawrence
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 28
Author
Novelist
the United States of America
Lead
Leader
Responsibility
Many
Going
Men
Responsibilities
Kill

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