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When I am drunk I am at my best. It is the national knack of the French.
Orson Scott Card
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Orson Scott Card
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: August 24
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I have hope for you, if only because you're the only one left to hope for.
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From all wise men, O Lord, protect us.
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If a pig goes upon the threshing-floor, or a field, or a garden, and the owner of the meadow, or the field, or the garden smites it so that it die, he shall give it back to its owner but if he does not give it back, he becomes a thief.
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