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Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Worst
Lying
Men

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