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I don't care how much you eat, Ender, self-cannibalism won't get you out of this school.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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Brian Green
Frederick Bliss
Byron Walley
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P.Q. Gump
Byron S. Walley
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