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I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

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Rex Stout
Age: 88 †
Born: 1886
Born: December 1
Died: 1975
Died: October 27
Novelist
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Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Noblesville
Indiana
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