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A duel is just two murders who agree to take turns trying to kill each other.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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If desire did not dim the brain, nobody would ever get married, drunk, or fat. ~Val
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The only people who think children are carefree are the ones who've forgotten their own childhood.
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It just gripes me hollow, the way God always sneaks in to take the credit.
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Folks always seemed to think that as long as they didn't know about something bad, it wasn't happening, so whoever told them actually caused it to be true.
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