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There are no vital and significant forms of art there is only art, and precious little of that.
Raymond Chandler
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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
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Raymond Thornton Chandler
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Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.
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