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Of course, I also hear from critics who detest what I do, and while sometimes I feel rather proud of having made various the loathsome people or groups angry, at other times I wonder why I put up with such grief.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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