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Ambition is not a dirty word. Piss on compromise. Go for the throat.
Steven Erikson
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Steven Erikson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 7
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
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City of Toronto
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You’re loitering, citizen.” “Actually, I was hesitating.
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