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Money's the same, whoever gives it to you. That was the point of money, after all: crisp and clean or wrinkled or disintegrated into quarters - a dollar was always worth a hundred cents.
Scott Westerfeld
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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
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