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Don’t win loyalty, just obedience, and only while the lash is in the room.
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
Scott Richards
Dinah Kirkham
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Byron S. Walley
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