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The coffee shop smell was strong enough to build a garage on.

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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
Novelist
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Screenwriter
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Chicago
Illinois
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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