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First grade is very cheap. It's the later grades where you have to spend a lot of money if you don't do it right.

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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