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There's no place on earth with more dumb girls per square foot than a college in California.

Roberto Bolano

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Roberto Bolano
Age: 50 †
Born: 1953
Born: April 28
Died: 2003
Died: July 16
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Santiago
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Dumb
Girls
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Squares
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California

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