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Don't write for money. Write because you love to do something. If you write for money, you won't write anything worth reading.

Ray Bradbury

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Ray Bradbury
Age: 91 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 22
Died: 2012
Died: June 6
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Ray Douglas Bradbury
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