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I love books, food, music, sleep, people who work, heated arguments, the United States of America, and my wife and children. I dislike politicians, preachers, genteel persons, people who do not work or are on vacation, closed minds, movies, loud noises, and oiliness.

Rex Stout

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Rex Stout
Age: 88 †
Born: 1886
Born: December 1
Died: 1975
Died: October 27
Novelist
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There are only two kinds of books which you can write and be pretty sure you're going to make a living — cook books and detective stories.
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God made you and me, in certain respects, quite unequal, and it would be futile to try any interference with His arrangements.
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I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.
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