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Nobody can be forced to commit an act of villainy. You can't push anybody into the mud people always step into it themselves.

Sergei Lukyanenko

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Sergei Lukyanenko
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: April 11
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Physician Writer
Psychiatrist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Qaratau
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