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He (The Agent) just takes ten per cent of your life.
Raymond Chandler
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Raymond Chandler
Age: 70 †
Born: 1888
Born: July 23
Died: 1959
Died: March 26
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He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn't owe too much money.
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