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Stephen King
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: September 21
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Little kids' minds are very, very strong. They bend. There's a lot of tensile strength and they don't break. We start our kids off on things like Hansel and Gretel, which features child abandonment, kidnapping, attempted murder, forcible detention, cannibalism, and finally murder by cremation. And the kids love it.
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never's the word God listens for when he needs a laugh.
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...stupidity is one of the two things we see most clearly in retrospect. The other is missed chances.
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There was a beautiful feeling of calm in my groin, a sense of peace so remarkable it was almost ecstasy——anyone who' suffered bad pain and then recovered will know what I'm talking about.
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