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There are two kinds of truth The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.

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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