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The first casualty of hitting rock bottom is vanity.

Richard Paul Evans

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Richard Paul Evans
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 11
Author
Novelist
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Casualties
Hitting
Vanity
Bottom
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Rocks
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