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Good novels are not written, they're rewritten!
Michael Crichton
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Michael Crichton
Age: 66 †
Born: 1942
Born: October 23
Died: 2008
Died: November 4
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Basketball Player
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John Michael Crichton
Michael Douglas
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Men under stress are fools, and fool themselves.
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Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!
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We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so.
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