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Statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

Neal Shusterman

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Neal Shusterman
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
Author
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Science Fiction Writer
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Brooklyn
New York
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Partly
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Useless
World
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Greatness
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