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All the common people want is to be left alone. All the ordinary soldier wants is to collect his pay and not get killed. That's why the great forces of history can be manipulated by astonishingly small groups of determined people.

Orson Scott Card

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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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