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It's kind of strange-- in fiction you get to tell lies and are applauded for it.

Robert James Waller

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Robert James Waller
Age: 77 †
Born: 1939
Born: August 1
Died: 2017
Died: March 10
Author
Musician
Novelist
Photographer
Screenwriter
Writer
Charles City
Iowa
Fiction
Strange
Lying
Tell
Kind
Applauded
Lies

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