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Everything written with vitality expresses that vitality: there are no dull subjects, only dull minds.
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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