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A strange thing — nails will hold a building together, but there's nothing better for taking a man apart.

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Mark Lawrence
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 28
Author
Novelist
the United States of America
Together
Better
Nothing
Nails
Thing
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Men
Taking
Hold
Building
Strange

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