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I went to college to study hospitality. I quickly got out of that and realized that what I liked to do was write.

Richard Ford

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Richard Ford
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 16
Novelist
Writer
Jackson
Mississippi
Writing
Hospitality
Quickly
Liked
Realized
College
Went
Study
Write

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