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He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn't owe too much money.

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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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I always find what I want. But when I find it, I don't want it any more.
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